The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1874-06-13
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the senate, on the ID, the commit
tSe on appropriations reported the pension
II with an amendment. The amendment
Proposes that the pension agents fee of 80
Scents be reduced to % cents. instead OF 20
cents, ss provided by the house. 90. The com
mittee on finance reported back the bill to
amend the customs revenue laws and to re-
peal mOletles, with number Of additional
amendments -. The Indian appropriation bill
was passed, and the senate went into execu-
I've session and soon after adjourned.
In the house, on the ID, the bill in
relation to courts and judicial officers in Utah
came up, and an amendnlent requiring lists 70
be made up Of male citizens without regard
to their religion politics. or social positions
was debated at length and finally rejected
] he bill WAS then passe1-l59 to %. The
remainder Of the days session was given to
the business Of the committee on public
buildings and grounds.
In the senate, en- the Sd, house bill
to amend the charter Of the Freedmen's bank
was passed. The bill authorizes the appoint
ment Of three commissioners by tine comp
troller of the currency to wind mp tssx<sfairs
of the company. The committee 8 fnance
reported favorably ON house bill ext natorv
OF the act OF June 80, on saving banks. with
amendment, which was agreed to- and the
bill passed 1t exempts from taxation all de
posts IN institutions which do business only
as savings banks. the same as deposits in saw
ings institutions having no capital and a.
though they have capital stock or bonds for ad-
dltIOual security of their depOsitors and paw
dividends thereon and no tax shall be as
sessed ON the deposits made in such institu-
tlOns, or collected of them on said deposits
otherwise than a. herein provided that all
profits of such savings banks less the afore-
mentioned dividends on stock, not exceeding
the rate Of eight per centum per annum. are
ha 5rrar5e al
stock Is invested in the same class OF securi-
ties as Is issued for invested deposits: that
the interest. at rate of not less than ~ per
cent, shall be paid, in all cases, TO their depos-
itOrs, to be made good, if necessary, from the
capital stock. 80. The pension bill was passed.
It Itappropriates S29. $50 900. a decrease OF $780,
&s & r. i I to I I Rrdls 5hs ssl a af s4i
ton was taken up and debated until the close
OF the session.
In the house, on the 81, senate amend
ments to the army appropriation bill were con-
sidered, and some of them being non
concurred in a committee Of conference
was ordered A bill extending to he 80 of
March 1875, the time for presenting petitions
for allowance of claims to commissioners of
claims in all cases where sufficient reason il
shown for their nOn-preseutation within the
time prescribed by Law, was recommitted. ....
The bill for the Improvement OF the mouth of
the Mississippi river being the Eads' project,
journed.
In the senate, on the 4th, bills to re-
lieve the legal aud political disabilities of Fitz
Hugh Lee and Van r. Morgan, Of Virginia,
we're passed. The remainder of the session
was devoted to discussion OF the resCe eltion on
cheap transportation.
In the house, on the 4th, bins were
passed for the further security OF navigation
on the Mississippi. aud to authorize the build
ing of a bridge across that river at La Crosse.
A bill for deepening the channel ct
the mouth of the Mississippi passed without
discussion. The bill proposes to have the work
done by contract, proposals to specify rates
for securi lg twenty feet of dep,h and OF less
than two hundred feet in width through the
channel OF one or the passes or outlets of the
Mississippi river into the gulf Of Mexico, at
ordinary food tide; also price per month of
maintaining such depth for five years also
rates for every additional foot in depth mp to
and including twenty-seven feet. The secre-
tary is to contract with the lowest responsible
bidder. the amount not to exceed $50, 600 for
twenty feet, or more than II, 500 per month
for maintaining that depth, or more than So
600 per month for each additional foot.
Senate amendments to the military academy
bill were concurred ina bill intro
duced to increase the tax on fermented liquors
10 = barrel. -. The house then resumed con-
EideTation of the bill for the Improvement of
he mouth OF the Mississippi, on what is
0iDown as the Eads plan. 1t comes ZIP again
tomorrow.
In the senate, on the 5th, the bill for
the relief of certain settlers on public lands in
Minnesota and Iowa was passed. A resolu-
ton to pay Francis A. Sykes, late contestant
for seat in the senate from Alabama, the
salary of senator from March 4th, 1873, to
May ID 1874, and one mileage each way,
amounting in tha aggregate to IS, S74 was laid
over. The bill to provide for the distribu-
tion of public documents was debated, and the
senate adjourned.
| In the house, on the 5th, bill was
passed to admit articles for the centennial ex-
hibition free of duty The bill for the con-
| struction of the Fort st. Philips canal was
adopted-140 to 2S. elsewhere will be found
the full text of the bil.)
In the senate, on the Ssh, the reports
of the conference committees on the disagree
ing votes of the two houses on the bill to re-
wise, consolidate and amend the laws relating
to pensions and on the bill to increase the
pensions of soldiers and sailors who have been
totally disabled, were agreed to- A bill was
| passed-34 to 10-for the better organization
of the district courts within the state of Louis
/ lana House bill fixing the time for the
election of representatives from the state OF
| Pennsylvania to the forty-fourth congress was
A passed. -. Consideration was resumed of the
bill relating to the distribution of public docu-
ments, which laid over and the moietv
bill taken up aud debated till the close of the
| session.
In the house, on the 9Th, Mr.. Butler,
of Mas=ach setts, moved to suspend the rules
and take from the speakers table senate civil
rights bill, and refer it to the Judiciary com
mittee, with the right to report at any time.
| The motion was rejected-136 to 1s6-not two
| thirds in the affirmative. The bill for the
| admission of Colorado as a state was passed
! 40 to 65... The president presented the con-
! ference reports of the bill on pension laws.
and the bill regulating pensions for total dis
abilities. which were agreed tc. =. The house
| took up the Louisiana contested election case
/ of Sheridan and Pinchback. Speeches in sup
| port of the majority report were made by
| Messrs. Smith and Sypher, and against it by Mr.
] Lamar. The discussion closed with speeches
from the contestants, and the subject was
| postponed till tomorrow. @
The King of Hawaii is becoming
alarmed lest his valuable subjects be-
come extinct, leaving nobody u him TO
''boss." Says this royal idiotv ''Now
what can I de to mark my reign-what
shall be done to signalize it? This is