The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1874-04-30

w sno 0epateo.. =. .G4ecuuve session and adjourn
In the House, on the 18th, bills were
reported from the Civil Service Committee-to
provide for commission to reorpanize the Gus.
toms service; for the reorganization of the Treas
lry Department. "A bill was passed abolishing
the office Of Appraiser Of Imported Herchan.
a 1sn.s 81 Nh
and providing mat there shan Sc oai5
depS Baltimore. Charleston and At la
A Joint resolution was introduced and referred
ss9aD.mittng to The Legislaturss Of the several
Ted :es to the # The
States. The Currency bill was taken up and the
previous Prev s motion was seconded-114 to ss-and
bill was psesed-1as to 116.. The Senate bill to
amend the National Currency acts and to estab.
sa lses 9 es Sg was taken up and to
signature, while the House bill has to await the
action Of the Senate. adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, the House
bill amendatory to acts to provide National cur
rency and to establish free banking was referred to
the Committee on Fi.snss The House bill max
teachers In the public schools Of the District Of
C9,omoia, and providing for the levy Of = tax to
telmDurse the same, was passed. "A bill was in.
West Virginia for moneys expended in arming and
equipping militia to aid in suppreseing the rebe-
on rne bill to provide for new election in
Louisiana was further debated. .Ad journed.
In the House, on the 10Th, bill was
bers Of Congress- ard providing that they shall be
paid their actual travelling expenses to and from
Washington once each session. >. The Legislative
considered in Committee q Tie Whole. .x ds
jounled.
In the Senate, on the 18th, a joint reso-
luton was introduced and referred declaring that
1t has become the duty Of the United States to
recognize Cuba as one Of the Independent nations
OF the earth, and that the United States will OBJ
Bills were inreaased ioe enaSe dis
aoted soldiers to receive money commuta-
ton upon orders for artificial limbs that are
GATED 1;a before June 10, 1870; amendatory Of the
Railway Company to pro rata all freights carried
over Its line in connection with other failways,
me oil to enable the Mennonites Of Russia to ef
1ecs permanent settlement on public lands Of the
United states was considered. and asubsiitute was
offered. The bill to provide for q new election
In Louisiana was further debated. ..Adjourned.
In the House, on the 18th, bill was
reported from the Judiciary Committee, ordered
printed and recommitted, for the distribution Of
.ne G Gensy. legislative. Executive
sidered in Committee Of the Whole, and several
proposed amendments were disposed of, q spicy
debate ensuing on . motion to reduce the item Of
being contended by some Of lhe members that the
increase OF ealartes, including the Presidents, at
me me last SESSION was unconstitutional. The mo-
ton was finally rejected. Adjourned.
In the Senate, on the 18th, resolutions
adopted at meeting Of citizens Of Cincinnati,
were presented and referred. The bin to pro,
vide for the purchase Of the bonds of the Louis
Vile q Portland Canal Company was taken up and
sps S %ss sn1thss acre agreed Louis.
aOth. ~ '''~' -N' - A''"'''o ~ 'ne
In the House, on the 18th, q resolu.
ton was introduced and referred for furnishing
raions, forage and clothing to the people who are
ennering from inundations from the overflow Of
Ine Mississippi River and its tributaries. The
Dill was further considered in Committee of the
Wnole, and an amendment was adopted to fur
nisn omclal postage stamps to the Slate Depart
ment 70 an amount not exceeding So, 600. .Ad-
jOurned.
No session of the Senate on the 18th.
In the House bills were passed-giving the assent
of Congress to the improvement Of Wolf River
across the Menomonee Indian reservation in Wis
So1.,ins ten pieces Of ordnance to the
commemorate the first repulse Of the British
troops at At Gid North Bridge April ~ IT'S e@pow
disased army clothing for the relief Of the sufferers
tod nd poforroN- <n tod
the holders of nre.emnt;n, .nd hnmas.aaS
certificates. within the Des Moines River
grant, Tn Iowa, on account OF failure Of title
IA deficiency bill, appropriating s. l5s, was
made the special order for the ed -. The Legis.
lative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill
was debated in Committee Of the Whole, and an
amendment was adopted that male employees in
male employees for the same services. :. Ad-
journed.
In the Senate, on the Goth, the House
bill for the relief Of persons suffering from the
overflow Of the Mississippi River was read and
referred: Bills were reported from committees
the late war: unfayorshle sor the veiies ~ I'm
purchasers Of land sold for direct taxes in
insurrectionary States. :. The House bill to
gather suthentic e i1form.t ia =. tho To
condition and imDortance Of the far trade in ,hs
Territory Of Alaska was psssed Resolution, Of
= canal around the lower rsnids az the Miss,ss w
River, for the creation Of Postnfice and Cnpprrt
House ct Green Bay. and reouestin0 The return Of
were Dy S
troduced and referred amendatorv az the .ct
to aid in the construction Of 4 rsiwav and teIe'
prsph line from the Nisaonri Rivar n, The psc;So
IN the case Of sykes against spencer, for seat a.
seat The Ioniaians hill w.s {"rtSer dehstad INC
Executive session and adjournment.
In the House, on the goth, bills were
introduced and referred-to nx the compensation
Of the President Of the United States At $4,000 p
annum; leyying tax of one-twentieth Of one per
cent. on sales Of stocks, bonds, gold and silver
0eovnp or iSe ana %nsr .eS M
covery q lands wrongfully held from The Govern.
ment BY the Kansas Pacific Railway Company;
R.a aes"ne .ne 's1 On me cremation Q. National
Der cent. per mon,H :. Bills were passed
for the better protection Of the frontier
s sess.e%ens Of Iex.s against Indian and Mexican
nance Of : line Il teieersDh from Denison. Tex
to Fort Sill, Indian Territory, and thence along
the northern frontier line q settlements and BY the