The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1874-06-16
CONGRESSIONAL.
Photographed to the Bulletin.
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The Geneva award goes to a Committee
Oh Conference.
The bill providing writs of error i'll GER
tain criminal cases passed.
The Judiciary Committee reported a sub
stitute for the House bill regulating the re-
moval Of causes from State courts to the cir
cunt courts of the United States.
Mr. Thurman moved to strike out the
eleventh section of the bill which author
ICES the service of process upon the agent of
defendant in any civil suit not affecting the
title to real estate. Rejected by vote of
10 yeas to so nays
A motion that the section should not
apply to crbns for libel or SANDER was
rejected by a'vote of 90 to %
Mr.. Wadleigh said the bill applied to the
District of Columbia, and he thought that
very Objectionable. Every one knows how
the people of the District are influenced by
the party in power, and how could the press
of New Orleans criticize accounts of the
party having control of the Government if
it was to be tried by Jury in the District
which must be necessarily largely influenced
by the Government. The bill, he said
struck a blow at the liberties of the press
and he was opposed to it.
Mr.. Hager moved an amendment to the
l1th section, so as to provide that O2e of the
parties to suit shall be resident within
the jurisdiction of the court where the suit
be brought.
Mr. Carpenter opposed the amendments,
and said under the present law a man could
follow another to any State and sue him in
the State court. This bill only proposes
to confer similar jurisdiction on the United
States Court in the district here where Il
principal or agent resided.
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.iected, and the bill was then read third
time. and passed by vote of 33 yeas to %
nays.
Mr. Wright, from the Judiciary Commit
tee, reported tavorably on the bill relatin &
to the courts of the United States in Ala
bama. Placed on the calendar.
Mr.. AlcOrn, from the Levee Committee,
reported. with amendment, the bill to plo
vide for the appointment of commission
of engineers to investigate and report a
permanent plan for the reclamation of the
alluvial basin of the Mississippi River sub.
ject to inundation. Placed Oh calendar.
A resolution instructing the Committee
on Appropriations to report an amendment
to the River and Harbor bill for survey of
rontes recommended by the Transportation
Committee, passed by vote of ~ yeas to &
nays.
"uS ho NAVSuti'V oVSSioh
The House.
The Conference report on the Freedmen's
bill has been agreed to in both houses.
1t allows the business to be continued,
with certain restrictions as to the securihes
for loans, and with provisions that
all new deposits up to July, 1875, shall be
held as special deposits and invested for the
benefit of the special deposition.
In the Levee bill, amendments were
agreed to abolishing the Civil Service Com
mission and requiting heads of Executive
Departments to make appointments, on the
ground of honesty, efficiency and fidelity
and to apTortion them among the severa
Congressional Districts.
WASHINGTON, June Is. - The Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill was passed
The items of S5O0o0 for a light-shp al
Winter Quarter Shoals, on the coast o
Virginia. and of $40,00e for light house at
Matthias Point, Virginia, were restored.
The amendment repeating the law fol
the civil service commission, and directing
appointments to be proportionately iron
the several congressional districts. prefer
ence to he given to soldiers and sal. - ant
their female relatives, was agreed to in tn,
House.