Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1875-12-16

many joyous ones since have known him with
all these gentlemen under disabilities.
Mr.. Randall have enjoyed them myself; but
some men have been deprived of such enjoyment
and want the coming holiday to be q ccnten-
NAL holiday in fact and spirit.
Finally the bill was made a special order fol-
Thursday.
by Mr.. Cochrane OF Pa:
Donating four condemned cannon and twenty
cannon balls to the Ladies' Monument Associa-
ton of Allegheny county, Pa.
Passed.
BY Mr.. Townsend of Pa:
To survey the Austin K Pacific route for rail-
road
by Mr. Hopkins of Pa:
To permit the Judge of the L. s. district court
of Pa. to retire; also to amend the bankrupt act
also a resolution calling on the secretary of the
treasury for list of of ports of entry in this coun
try, at which the amount of duties received is less
than the expense ofmaintanpg snch ports of en-
try.
Adopted.
by MIR. Douglass of Va:
To increase the pay OF the men at the life say
ing stations.
BY Mr.. Huntoon of Va:
To extend the observations Of the signal service
as to benefit the public health; also removing
the political disabilities of d. b. Conrade of Va.
Passed.
BY Mr.. Harris of Va:
To give circuit courts supervisory jurisdiction
BY Mr.. Walker Of Va:
To consolidate the bonded debt of the L. s., to
reduce the interest thereon.
BY Mr.. Waddell of n. c.:
To repeal the acts of the 22d of March, 1867,
and the 4th of Feb, 1862 prohibiting payment to
persons not known to be opposed to the late re-
bellion.
lie moved the previous question on its passage.
Mr.. Holman of Ind, suggested that the bill
should be referred to committee, as it was very
general in its provisions.
Mr.. Vance replied that like bill in substance
has been passed several times, particularly in re-
gard to the pensioners of the war of 1872.
Mr.. Holman said that only concerned persons
on the pension rolls, while the b i'll proposed went
far beyond that He did not think it safe to legis-
late on such measure without due consideration.
The bill was thereupon referred.
Also by Mr.. Vance of Y. c.:
A bill to amend the act granting pensions to the
soldiers of the war of 1872.
BY Mr.. Robbins OF y. C..
a resolution reci,ng that the tobacco trade is
liable to arrangement, by reason of uncertainty in
regard to legislation concerning the tax on tobac-
co, and that ii is desirable to quiet apprehension
on that subject, and declaring that it is the pur-
pose of the House to allow no modification of the
present tax on tobacco to go into effect before
the first Of July, 1876.
lie moved the previous question on its adoption.
Mr. Reagan of Texas, remarked that there was
nothing in the resolution that the House was
Calleu upOu 10 zeal VITA. Ii 1ulRut nc very APP
propriate resolution for town meeting, but uot
for Congress.
Mr.. Robbins of \. c., remarked that the only
purpose Of the resolution to assure the tobac-
dealers and grow ers, that the tax would not be
intertered with before next July, SO that they
might know what to calculate on.
The House refused to consider the previous
question, and the resolution was then referred to
the committee on Ways and Means.
Bills and resolutions were further introduced
and referred as follows
BY Mr.. Raney of S. c.:
TO abolish the House committee on Freedmen
Affairs.
BY Mr.. Cook of Ga:
To refund the cotton tax collected between 1863
and 1868, also to authorize payment for all cotton
seized by the United States after 29th of May,
1865.
BY Mr.. Hewitt of Ala:
To apply the proceeds arising from the sale of
swamp and overlooked lands in Ala, for the bene-
fit of The INDECENT insane and idiotic persons in
that State.
BY MIR. Lewis of Ala.
To amend the home stead law.
BY Mr.. Morrey of La:
TO repeal the act making restriction in the dis
position of the public lands in the States of Ala.
Miss, La, Ark. and Fla, also TO prescribe an oath
Of office