Connecticut western news., 1876-04-21
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-.
Enc Business of General Interest Trans acted.
 

Mir. Merrill Rep.). of Maine, from the con- mittee on appropriations. reported without amendment the House bill making appropri- ations for Notifications and other works of defense for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1877, and recommending that it be passed as it came from the House. Placed on the calendar.
 The Chair laid before the Senate message from the President of the United States, re- turning to the Senate without his approval the bill for the relief of G. B. Tyler and E. H. Luckett, assignees of W. T. Cheatham. The message and accompanying papers were refer red. on motion of Mir. MeCreery (Dem ), of Kentucky, to the committee on claims.
 Mir. sherman (Rep.), of Ohio, called up the House bill to enable the secretary of the treas ury to pay the judgments rendered by the court of Alabama claims. Passed.
 MT. Clayton (Rep.), of Arkansas, from the committee on Indian affairs, reported favor ably on the House bill to provide for the sale of the Kansas Indian lands in Kansas to actual settlers, and for the disposition of the pro- ceeds of the sale.
 The Senate then took up the bill fixing the rate of postage on third-class mail matter, and for other purposes.
 MT. Hamlin Rep.), of Maine, submitted an amendmenu, which was agreed to, to insert the words "before the same shall be trans mitted by mail" so it would read
 If, however, the postage on third-class mail matter mailed st an office shall be less than the full amount above prescribed, in cases where the sender is known, such sender shall be notified of the fact, and the amount of postage due shall be collected from such sender before the same shall be transmitted by mail, etc.
 MT. Sherman (Rep.), of Ohio, from the con- mittee on finance, reported favorably on the House bill to provide for deficiency in the engraving and printing bureau of the treasury department.
 Mr. Wright Rep.), of Iowa, from the com- mittee on the judiciary, reported adversely on the Senate bill to make persons chargeabae with crimes and offenses witnesses in courts of the United States, and it was indefinitely postponed.
 Mir. Sherman (Rep.), of Ohio. called up the House bill to provide for deficiency in the printing and engraving bureau of the Treas- coin of the Unit a States in place of fractional currency. The i'll was read third time and passed. It is as follows:
 | Be it enacted, That therebe, and hereby is appropriated out of any money in the treas ury not otherwise appropriated, the sum of $163,OOO to provide for engraving and print | ing and other expenses of making and issuing United States notes, and the further sum of | $4S, ,O0O to provide for engraving and printing | national bank notes, to be disbureed under the secretary of the treasury.
 That the secretary of the treasury is hereby directed to issue silver coins of the United States of the denomination of ten, twenty, l twenty-five, and fifty cents, of standard value, in redemption of an equal amount Of fractional ] currency, whether the same be now in the 1 'r,asury awaiting redemption, or wherever it l mAy be presented for redemption, and the EGG retary of the treasury may, unoer regulations of the Treasury departme nt, provide for such redemption and issue by substitution at the | regular sub-treasuries and public Repositories of the United States, Until the whole amaunt of fractional currency outstanding shall be re- deemed. and the fractional currency redeemed under this act shall be held to be part of the I .1-., Ill | the interest to be computed thereon as in the case of bonds redeemed under the acts relat. iDg to he sinking fund.-
 HOUSE
 Mir. Knott (Dem.), of Kentucky chairman Of the judiciary committee, reported the bill tC amend section 1, CA of the revised statutes, SC as to provide that no person shall be pIosecut. ed, tried or punished for any offense except | against the internal revenue, unless indicted within three years after such offense has beer T may be committed. After discussion the bil | was passed.
 Mr. Swann (Dem.), of Maryland chairman of the committee on foreign affairs, reported the bill to restore to the Japane- government what is known as the Japanese ince mnity fund, including all interest and accumulatione thereof, but reserviug $125, ,00O claimed by officers and men of the navy until Congress shall otherwise direct.
 MT. Schleicher (Dem.) of Texss, chairman of the committee on Texas frontier troubles reported 8 bill for the protection of the Texa, frontier ou tho Lower Rio Grande. It author | iZss the President to order the troops to crosi the Rio Grande, and use such means as ma, be found necessary to recover the stolen prop erty and to check the raids guarding, how ever, against unnecessary injury to the peace able inhabitants of Mexico.
 Mir. Durham Oem.) of Kentucky, from tn, committee on expenditures in the departmen of justice, reported 8 bill to regulate the em p!oylnent of special counsel for the govern the judge that it is necessary, and requiring the judge also to fix the fees Passed