Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-02-20
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate, on the 10th, a joint reso-
luton of the Legislature of Missouri in regard to
| illegal charges made by the Union Pacific Rail-
road Company was presented and referred -.
Bills were introduced to relieve the political dis
| abilities of Raphael Semmes, of Alabama; direct
ing the Secretary of the Interior to appoint Com
missioners to locate and open road for military,
| postal and commercial purposes across the
| Indian Territory from the mouth of the main
| Cashec River, i'll Texas via Fort Cobb Fort Sill
| and Wichita. TO the mouth of the Walnut River.
in Kansas; granting to the Atlantic, Great
| Western Canal Company currency notes to the
extent of $S00JO per mile for each section of
ten miles.of canal that shall be constructed, pro-
vided that the Companys first mortgage forty-year
| bonds to an equal amount shall have previously
| been deposited as security for the Government;
| authorizing the coinage of twenty-cent silver
pieces. The House bill requesting the President
TO extend, in the name of the United States cor
dial invitation to foreign Governments to take
part in the Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia
| was reported from committee without amendment
1.-THE Chair announced, as member of the
Committee to investigate into the manage.
ment of the Government Of the District OF
Columbia, in place Of Of Mr. Morrill,. OF
that the committee now consists of Boutwell,,
Thurman and Allison. The Bankrupt bill was
taken up, and amendments were agreed to-pro-
viding that arrangement for settlement between
creditors and debtors, in order to be valid, shall
receive the signatures of two-thirds of the number
of creditors representing one-half he value OF the
debts; that creditor, proving his debt or claim,
shall not be held to have waived his right
Of action or suit against a bankrupt when
Sh mas been or ba
all notices of sales under this act by any assignee
or officer of court shall be published in newspa-
which, in his opinion shall best be calculated to
give general notice of the SALE The bill as
amended was passed--yeas 43, nays n......Ad-
journed.
In the House, on the 10th, bill was
passed prescribing an oath to be taken by Post
providing that on mail matter of the third class
the name and address of the sender may be writ
ten, and also the number and kind of articles in
closed, and there may also be written IN any book
or pamphlet sent through the mail the form of pres
entation without extra postage being charged.
The Army Appropriation bill was considered in
Committee of the Whole. "A resolution was
adopted providing for an lnvesugatl0n into the af
fairs and management of the First National Bank
of Washington at the time of and prior to its fail
ure. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the nth, the bill for
the withdrawal of $25.OOO,OOO of National Bank
currency from those States having an excess and
the reissue of it to States not having their pro rat
of currency came up in regular order, and an
amendment to the section authorizing the
Comptroller of the Currency to issue $25,-
600 to those States having less than their
proportion, declaring that the Comptroller might
do so without waiting for the return of the circu-
lating notes of other banks, was agreed to, after
which spirited and lengthy debate occurred on
place of twenty-five" relating TO the amount to
be withdrawn and reissued. Adjourned.
In the House, on the 11th, bills were
passed-extending to the 1st of January 1875 the
time within which settlers on the Cherokee strip,
in Kansas, may make proof of settlement and pay
ment, the deferred payments to bear per cent
interest; relative to private contracts or agree
ments made with Indians prior to the 21st of May,
1872, declaring that until such contracts are in
dorsed by the Secretary of the Interior and the
Commissioner of Indian Affairs their legality must
not be recognized by any Government official; to
secure more efficient administration of Indian
affairs. The Senate amendments to the joint
resolution for military court of inquiry in
concurred in....Mr. Bass (New York; was
appointed on the Joint Select Committee on
the Affairs rs Of the District Of Columbia in
Army Appropriation bill was further considered in
Committee Of the Whole. reported to the House,
with amendments which were agreed to. one of
which extends the time for the presentation of
claims to Nov. 1, 1875, and the bill as amended
was passed. :. The Fertilization bill was taken up
in Committee Of the Whole and H partially disposed
ton of the bill for revising and consolidating the
statutes
In the Senate, on the 18th, the creden-
tias of James S. Harvey, as Senator from Kansas,
and 81. R. Bruce, as Senator from Mississippi, were
presented, and they were sworn in. "A resolution
passed unanimously by the South Carolina Legis
lature, in favor of the passage by Congress of
Civil-Rights BILL was presented and REFEREED.
The bill 60 equalize the distribution of the curren-
CIV was taken up, and the amendment to substitute
S75,O0OOOO in place of $25, ,000.0n0 was Withdrawn
and substitute for the bill reported by the COM
mttee was offered providing that : S46, 600 in
notes for circulation shall be issued to the tiona
Banking associations now organized, or which
may be hereafter organized. IN addition to the
present circulation. under the same rules and limi-
tations as now prescribed by law and after con-
siderable debate on the question of finance the
Senate adjourned
In the House, on the 18th, bills were
passed-to authorize the sale at public auction of
the military reservation of Fort Reynolds in Colo
RADIO Territory, containing about twenty-three
square miles, and the Government buildings there
on; governing leave of absence to army officers;
the Fertilization Appropriation bill; Senate bill
authorizing the Secretary of War to ascer-