The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1874-07-03
FROM WASHINGTON.
Busy Week in COngress-Passage of
Various Bills.

Various Bills.
The pension bill has passed both
houses of congress. The principal fea-
lures of the bill are the increase of the
monthly allowance of those totally dis
abled in the army to fifty dollars, and a
slight increase of the pensions of those
who have lost one leg or arm. These
changes will not perceptibly increase
the appropriations.
The senate has passed the house bill
for the appointment of commission of
engineers to report upon plan for the
reclamation of the alluvial basin of the
Mississippi river subject to inundation.
The committee of conference on the
finance bill has come to an agreement,
making the report of the former com
mittee the basis of their action. They
struck out sections 8, z, s, and 9 of that
report which proposed to repeal SO much
of the national bank act as restricted
the amount of circulating notes and
provided for retiring and reducing
United States notes until the maximum
should be 5000, 900, 900 and for exchanp-
ing such notes for bonds, ETC.. and ad-
ded several sections with regard to a
redistribution of the banking currency
ly by Comptroller Knox. The bill pro-
vides that the amount of United States
notes outstanding shall not exceed
1882, ,000,000; ffty-fve millions of ma
tional bank notes are to be withdrawn
from states having an excess of such
notes, as application is made therefor
fIom other states and awarded to the
latter; provided that not over thirty
mil ho HI,
year ending June 3, 1875. The title of
the bill is amended to read as follows:
can act to fix the amount of United
tion of the national bank currency, and
for other purposes.
The senate committee propose to
strike out the item of sundry appropria-
tion bill, abolishing the civil service
commission and insert an item of $780,
900 for Louisiana sufferers.
1t is probable that the Canadian re-
treaty will be postponed until
next session.
The house Pacific railr> I commit
tee, by vote of against fused to
recommend an Investigate The Cen
tral Pacific railroad coUl 4 nd the
and finance ma
The civil rights bill m " been
defeated. # tba /
Both houses OF eoRhich it was 81 ided
that no town of les4he ladies ) Inhabi-
tants shall have leteither erl4s.
The attorney gumbre'ls considering |
the course of proc -ngs to be adopted |
against the Union acifc railroad under
The act Tseesfy passed, requiring the
bf five per cent. on its net |
1t is said that after the ex-
Oiration of thirty days from the demand |
made by the secretary of the treasury,
should the money not be paid, the de-
oartment will move for adjudication in
The bill abolishing the moiety sys-
EN- has gone to the president for his
ignature, having passed both houses of
congress.
The president has signed the curren-
" bill, and it becomes law.
The president has approved the act
the charter of the freedmen's
aving and trust CO., and the act to re-
i've Thomas Claiborne, of Tennessee,
If po itical disabilities.
The comptroller of the currency is
to receive applications for the
of national banks in all
Western and southern states. The state
If Indiana will be entitled to $3.50, 900,
Ohio to about $4,000, 900, Minnesota to
900, 900, and Nebraska to $4,000
The other western and southern states
will be entitled to much larger amounts.
All the regular appropriation bills
we're finally acted on. In the house
lIr. Garfield gave the following COM
'arative statement of appropriations of