Dodgeville chronicle. [volume] (Dodgeville, Wis.) 1862-current, 1874-06-26
CONGRESSIONAL.

In the Senate on the 10Th, among the
| bills passed were the following: House bill to
authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to suspend
work upon public buildings; House bill to author
ize the issue of duplicate agricultural land scrip
where the original has been lost destroyed sub
stitute for the House bill providing for the publ
cation of the Revised Statutes of the United States
| to provide for the election of Congressman at
Large for the State of Alabama: House bill proyld
ing that any officer agent of any or either OF the
Pacific Railways who shall refuse or fail to oper-
ate the road telegraph line under his control for
| all purposes of communication, travel and trans
portation, far the public is concerned, as IN
one continuous line, shall refuse in such opera
| ton and use to afford and secure to each OF
| said roads equal advantages and facilities to
rates, time or transportation, without any d1scrm
ination of any kind in favor of or adverse to the
| nies, shall be deemed guilty of misdemeanorr,
and upon conviction thereof be fined not exceed
| ing $1,000 and be Imprisoned not less than six
months; and providing also that, in case OF
the failure or refusal of the Union. Pacific
| Railway, or either of said branches, to
comply with the requirements of the, act
bring action and be entitled to Judgment for treble
the amount of all excess of freight and fares col
lected by the defendant and for treble the amount
failure or refusal, and for every violation of the
act new for action shall arise; the bill also
| further provides that the Denver Pacific
| Railway Company shall be deemed a
part and an extension of the Kansas Pacific Rail
way to the point of junction thereof with the
| ments were made to the Postofice Appropriation
| BILL. "A unanimous report was made from the
| Joint Select Committee to investigate into the
| management of the government of the District Of
| Columbia, and bill was also reported for the
| government of the District Adjourned.
| In the House, on the 10th, Conference
| Committees were ordered on Senate amendments
to the Indian Appropriation bill and on the Geneva
Award bill. :. Bills were passed-extending to the
4th of July, 1875 the time within which petitions
t0df tn fh0
| Claims Commission, and providing for the
appointment of two additional commissioners;
relating to ocean telegraphs; to indemnify the
holders of pre-emption and homestead cerutlcates
and certificates of entry and patents to lands
within the Des Mones River grant on account of
failure of title; for the relief of owners and pur
chasers of land sold for direct taxes in the 1nsur
rectionary States. Several pension bills were also
| passed. The conference report on the Bank
| ruptcy bill was agreed to-; The report OF the
| Joint Investigation Committee on the affairs of
| the District of Columbia was ordered printed
| Adjourned
l. In the Senate, on the nth, bills were
passed-to amend the act in relation to the sur
yey of certain lands granted to the Northern Pa
cifc Railroad; to provide for the appointment OF
| a Commission of Engineers to investigate and
| report upon permanent plan for the reclama-
| ton of the alluyial basin of the Mlss1s-
| sippi subject, to inundation; to create
| two additional land districts in Kansas;
to provide for the apportionment OF the Terrltory
| of Wyoming for legislative purposes; to author
ze the construction of bridge across the Mlssls-
sippi River at or near the city OF La crosse, WI
| prohibiting the publication in the newspapers OF
the Revised Statutes at the expense of the n1ted
| States; repeating all revenue tax on savings
| banks having no capital and where n IN
of depositors. The Postoffice Appropriation bill
| was further considered and amendments were
| agreed to-providing that public documents may
be sent through the mails at rate OF postage not
| to exceed twenty-five cents for each volume, 70
| be paid by the person receiving the same, anu
| authorizing the POstmaster-G General 10 sen,
| after thirty DAYS, all public documents
| Confessional Record. any part thereof to go
| free upon being stamped with the words Con
gressional Record upon the wrapper; providing
that SO much of the act as likes the rate OIL postage
| on newspapers and periodicals shall not take
eject untiI the 1st of January next. An amend
ment to restore the franking privilege as 1t ex-
listed prior to the act repeating the same was
offered and rejected-yeas z, nays "a: Inc Dill
ports on the Legislative, Executive and Judicial
and the Pension Appropriation bills were made
and agreed to-. Adjourned
In the House, on the 18th, resolutions
agreed 10 in favor of the establishment of an
international system of arbitration whereby mat
ters in dispute between governments may be ad-
iusted bv arbitration and without recourse to war,
and recommending to the treaty-maklng power
| of the Government to provide, II practiea-
ble that hereafter, in treaties made between the
| United States and foreign powers, war snail not
be declared by either of the contracting partles
| against the other until efforts shall nave
| Of difaculty by impartial arbitration. Bills
were passed-prohibiti the puoucallon
| Of the Revised Statutes in newspapers at
the expense Of the United states o lor .ne govern
majority report was made from the Judiciary Com
miftee in favor of the impeachment of Judge
Durell, OF Louisiana. for high crimes and misde-