The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1875-02-17
The Press Gag Law.
HOUSE.

The House met ut II o clock this morn
ing. After the reading Of the journal .
several members endeavored to obtain .
the floor, for the purpose of making .
suspension of the rules to take up the .
various bills, but the regular, order was in /
sisted on, and number of bills, mostly Of .
private character, which had been con- .
siaered in the committee OF the Whole, F.
were passed, while bill to pay the awards .
of the Southern Claims Committee, was
pending.
Mr.. Dawes moved to 20 into commit
tee of the Whole on the tariff bill, but
the motion was defeated by 80 ayes to 90 .
nays.
Mr.. Garfield reported sundry civil
service appropriation bills, after which
several bills were introduced by unanl-
nous consent.
Atl2 o'clock the bill tor the rcorgan-
ization of the Treasury Department was
taken up. the House being in commit
tee of the Whole.
Appropriations for Sundry CiNii
Expenses.
The bill for making appropriations for
sundry civil expenses of the Govern .
mcnt was reported 1t contains the fol- .
towing provisions:
Henceforth no money shall be paid for
contracts made for the payment for any .
site for u public building in excess of the (
amount pc cifcally appropriated there.
fore, and no money shall be expended .
upon any public building on which work .
has not vet been actually begun, until .
after the drawings and eciiications, to-
gcther with detailed estimates of the cost |
thereof shall have been .
made by the supervising /.
architect of the Treasury Department, /
and said plans and estimates shall |.
have been approved by the Secretary OF .
the Treasury, and all appropriations /
made for the construction of such build .
ing shall be expended within the limlta- /
ton of the act authorizing the same, or .
limiting the cost thereof, and no change !
of said plan involving an increase OF rN- .
pensc exceeding exceeding ten per cent. .
of the amount to which said building Wa, .
limited shall be allowed or paid by any .
officer of the Government, with .
out the special authority OF
Congress.
Appropriation for the Centennial. /
The bill appropriatcs $3.50 tor the .
engraving and printing of the certificates 7
of the Centennial stock for the Inter .
national Exhibition. Also SjOj,OOO To .
enable the Executive Department and .
the Smithsonian Institution to partcl- .
pate in the exposition, and repeats the .
proviso. that the sums hereby appropri- ,
atcd shall cover the entire expense to |
which the United States shall be subject .
ed on account of the exhibition.
Mr.. Young offered an amendment, and .
required the appointments of depart .
mcnts to be distributed among the States .
and Territories. III proportion to the pop .
uation Agreed to and bill passed.
Japanese Indemnity Fund.
Mr.. Myers introduced bill to retain .
to the Government Of Japan onc-half of .
the indemnity fund paid by that gov
ernment to the United .oles, under It."
Convention of October -, 1864, and to .
dispose of the balance of said fund. Re .
frrrcd To the Committee on Foreign Al .
fairs.
Section one directs the return to Japan .
Of $4,000 with interest, being the re- .
naming one-half of the indemnity fund
paid by Japan.
Section two directs the payment to the
officers and crews OF the Wyoming AID .
Kinng of $4,000, of this fund.- for their .
services in the battle at the Stats of 81 I.
mouoslki which resulted in th" treaty.
Section third directs that 100000 Of /.
the registered bonds in which half otthis .
fund j. invested, shall remain under tn" .
control of the Secretary of State, the III .
tcrcst to be paid by him for the educa- /
ton of Il limited number of American .
ard japanese youths in the languages OF F.
either county, to serve rs Interpreters .
and assistants to Legations aus Cou-uls .
of the United States
Section fourth transfers the balance of
the japanese indemnity fund to the
Treasury of the United States.
Mr..Barring, Of Ohio, presented a reso-
luton of the Chamber Of Commerce of .
Cincinnati against any additional tax on
whisky. Referred.
Another Amendment TO the COnstitu-
tiOn.
Mr. Hanson. from the Committee on
Elections reported bill proposing an
amendment to the Constitution in refer
encc to the election Of President and
Vice President.
The first section provides that the
president and vice president shall b"
elected bv direct vote Of the people.
Each state shal! be- divided into districts