The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-04-29
LAND FOR soLDIERs AND

used in the relief OF persons sunerlng from
the inundation of the Lower Mississippi
LAND FOR SOLDIERS AND SAILORS
Mr.. Negley asked leays TO offera reso-
luton irstfucting the Committee on Mil
itary Affairs to prepare and report bill
| to amend the act of the 9Th oil June, 1879,
relative to soldiers and sailors homesteads
SO as to, allow yhonorably discharged SOL
diers and sailors, their widows and orphan
children to acquire homesteads on public
lands without being required to commence
settlement and improvement.
Dir. Dunnell objected.
Mr.. Coburn, Chairman of the Com
mittee, remarked than the Question was
certainly be reported upon.
SHALL he BE INIPEAouRD f'iT4 II
On motion of AIr. Wilson, of Indiana,
the Judiciary Committee was instructed
to inquire whether Judge William Story,
u. s. District Judge Of the Western Dis
trict of Arkansas, should be eimpea ched
for high crimes and misdemeanoIs. - z
APPROPRIATION BILL.
The House then took up. the Legisla-
tive appropriation bill, and Mr.. Garfield,
Chairman of the Committee. addressed
the House, giving an outline OF the pro-
provisions of the bill and the changes
made in it by the Committee OF the
Whole.
The question ol the printing of bank
notes and bonds was debated at consider
cradle length by Messrs. Garfield, Dawes,
Hale of Me, Potter, Randall, Maynard
and others; an amendment having been
voted by Committee Of the Whole in
creasing the appropriation for that pur-
pose from $50O,000 to 81, 1,250,000. The
objection made to that amendment by
Mcssrs Dawes, Hale and Potter was that
its object was to break up the present
system of printing bank notes and bonds,
which worked well and was properly
guarded with all necessary checks, and to
place the matter in the hands ol the print
ing division of the Treasury, or virtually
in the hands of one man. 1t was charged
in the course of the discussion that one
of the objects was TO give the work to
the Columbia Bank Note Engraving Co. |
in Washington. @F
MIR. Randall advocated the amendment |
in'the interest of economy and safety. |
He contended that the objection to the |
was in the interest Of three |
bank note engraving companies in New
York.
at last the discussion was closed, and |
the House proceeded to vote on the va
rious amendments. Tho amendment in. |
creasing the salaries of some of the Off |
GERS of the House was agreed to without |
the yeas and nays. The amendment ap- |
$4,000 for tho purchase of
official stamps for the Treasury Depart |
ment instead of $500, ,000-theg object be- |
ing to break up the system Of requiring |
each Department to pay it's own postage
was agreed to; yeas-130; nays-00.
Tho House refused to agree to the |
making the maximum pay OF
guagers 81 per day instead of So.
The House also refused to agree to the
striking out the appropria-l
lions for the Assay Office at Charlotte, N,
G.; yeas II; nays 1856. 3 i
Tho House also refused to agree to the
striking out the items for |
horses and carriages for the Department
Of Justice; yeas 100; nays 103.
The amendment offered by Mr.. Speer,
Of Pennsylvania, requiring the Attorney |
General TO report IN detail the expendi-
lures of the contingent fund, was agreed
to. Also the amendment requiring the
clerks and msrshals of the District Courts
to be residents OF thesDistrict I'D
The amendment in reference to the en-
craving and printing of notes and bonds
by the Treasury Department, and in-t
the amount from $500000 to
81 ,125, GOO was agreed to! Yeas 168: nays
53. The paragraph appropriating $685.
900 for printing notes. bonds, etc, was
stricken out without division. The pro-
vision on that subject now stands as fol-
lows For labor by the day, or piece, or
contract, Including the labor of workmen
skilled in eugraNing,i transferring plate
printing, and other specialties necessary |
Ior carrying on the work Of engraving and
printing notes, bonds and other securities |
Of the United States, the pay shall
be fixed by the Secretary of the
Treasury at rates not exceeding the
rstes usually paid for such work and for.
other expenses of engraving and printing
the notes bonds and other securities OF
the United States, $1,125.00 The
striking out the paragraph |
requiring department clerks to work
seven hours day instead of six hours
was struck out without yeas and nays.
The amendment exeppting: the appro-
priations for river aud harbor improve.
ments, light houses and certain public
works from the law which requires the
balances of appropriations to
be carried to the surplus fund and covered
into the Treasury at the expiration of two
years, was agreed to without division.
These were all the important amend
nents. The bill was then passed and the
House adjourned. ,