The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-05-07

snouu mos DC taken possession OF nor any money
the United States the jurisdiction over the samc
together with all right to tax the property. ..Ad
tOurned.
In the House, on the 21st, q bill was in
troduced and referred directing the temporary
suspension Of the Legislature Of the District of
Columbia. "A lengthy report was submitted from
the COMMITTEES on Railways and Canals, ordered
printed and recommitted. on the bill to charter .
on The Atlantic 70 Council Bluffs, on the Ms
eour River, and to limit the rates of freight there
on: The report says the company proposing to
scale Of low rates Of freight agreed upon By The
committee fifteen cents bushel from Chicago,
eighteen cents from st. Louis. etc-the company
& 1ss o y pss n
bill is reported without any recommendation by
for one year from the passage Of this act the time
lands in Kansas. IA bill was reported to
provide for the appointment Of . COM
MISSION 'ss O.. o.. Of engineers to report permanent
the Mississippi River subject to inundation. The
Senate amendment to the bill for the relief Of the
sufferers BY the overflow Of the Mississippi River
and Judicial Appropriation iii was further con-.
sidered In Committee Of the Whole. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 22d, the message
Of the President, transmitting the report Of the
Civil-Service Commission, was received, read and
ordered printed. =. The bill to enable the Mem
nonites from Ruesis to effect . permanent settle
ment ON the public lands Of the United States was
taken up, and amendments were adopted. IA
message was received from the President vetoing
the Financial bill. which meeeage was ordered
printed and, with the bill to lie on the table until
ne ensuing week. "A bin was introduced and
the United States. Bills were passed-Senate
bill obvtating the necessity Of fesuing patents
for certain private land claims IN the
lie the County commissioners Of Thurs,on
purpose of constructing railway from Budd's In
let Puget Sound, to intereect the Northern Pacific
a for ns 1eef e
tiers on the Cherokee strip. in Kansas. Execu-
In the House, on the ed, a bill was re-
ported from the Committee on Foreign Affairs to
carry into execution the provisions Of the Four
teenth Amendment to the Constitution. concern
i.ens Of the United States 10 foreign countries and
diplomatic consular officers. 1.-The Legisla-
tive, Executive and Judicial Appropriation
the item q $4,000 Tor the purchase of oa,cs
reduced 70 $500, The idea being 70 let the email
regard to t6sir face value, and 60 not to Charge the
Treasury DEPARTMENT with the payment Of postage
In the Senate, on the Esd, bills were in
tzoduced and refened-to reduce the tax ON the
circulation Of State banks to an amount equal to
that paid BY the National banls with statement
that the tax on the National bank circu-
lation was 1 per cent and that ON State
y 10 psF e ssa .ee Of
tie Texas Pacc Railway COMPANY np and
e y. ss.t r. The eoestrucscn Of ne blu
lands q he United states was taken taSsn
Up. and notice Wa given Of an additional
100 copies Of tho report Of the Committee on
roetofhces and Post Roads upon the bill to pro-
vide for Transmission Of correspondence by tele-
....Adjourned.
In the House, ON the Esd, resolutions
were offered and Notwithstanding the Com.
mittee on Banking and Currency to inquire and
FsspSr shs reasons yhy TIE Is oooeoo Of National
1as not been WisAd1swn and and dssaihute Sp unSsr
y ptovsio'sso Of the act Of the 18Th
laticn = necessary to secure that result; calling
for infolnatio. OF the same subject nom the Sec
fssa a. p.Osds & 81 s c. s Sssss
tionai banls. :. Tho hiii reported from the Com
%ittes on Fotetgn Affairs concerning the citizen
sens, in foreign countries was taken up
and debated. The Postof1ce Appropriation bill,
appropriattng IS 658 891, Of which 6z3 IL to
from the postal revenues, was reported and r.
fefred to Committee Of the Whole. :. The Legis-
lative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation Bill
was further debated in Committee Of the Whole