The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1876-03-01
Forty-Fourth Congress.
SENATE

The morning hour having expired, the
senate resumed the consideration of the
bill making on appropriation for the sup
port of the military academy for the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1877, the pending
question being on the amendment of the
committee on appropriations, to strike out
the clause appropriating 80, 496 for sixteen
musicians for companies, provided that
sections 8 and 10 of an act approved
March 3, 1875, entitled an act making ap-
preparations to supply deficiencies in the
appropriation for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1875 and prior years, and for
other purposes, be and lhe same are hereby
repealed and insert in lieu thereof the fol
lowing, "for pay of the military academy
band 5li,S50, and it was agreed to.
The next amendment of the committee
was to increase the appropriation Tor re-
pairs, improvements, etc, from $12, 900 to
S14, 500. Agreed to. Other amendments
reported by the committee on appropri-
ations, appropriating $1,000 for clerk to
the adjutant, and the same sum for clerk
to the treasurer increasing appropriation
for department of natural and experimental
philosophy from 5000 to 81 900, provided
that the professor of law may be commits
stoned in the same manner as other pro-
fessors, and increasing the pay of the
librarians assistant from $3.50 to $1,000,
were agreed to. The next amendment
proposed to increase the appropriation for
contingencies for the superintendent of the
academy from 5000 to 1000, ana IT was
agreed to. therlamendments of the CON-
mittee striking out appropriations of 500
for printing catalogue for library, and ap-
propriating $4,000 for continuing the sys-
TEN of sewerage from the barracks and
quarters were agreed to.
The bill having been considered in com
mittee OF the whole, was reported to the
senate, and the question being on concur
ring in The amendments made IN the COM
mittce, Mr.. Davis of West Virginia moved
to non-concur in the amendment to strike
out of the house bill the clause appropriate
ing So, 49G for l6 musicians for companies,
provided that the section of certain acts be
repealed, etc., and insert in lieu thereof
For the pay of the military academy band,
$14 $50. After some discussion, Mr.. Davis
withdrew his motion, and on motion OF
Mr.. A ison the clause was modified so as
TO strike out the latter portion IN regard to
the repeal of 81 ctions and 10 of the act OF
March 81, 1874, leaving the appropriation
of s2,495 for the pay of l6 musicians for
companies and Sl4,SSO for the pay of the
band, and as modified it was agreed to.
The amendments made in committee of
the whole were concurred IN and the bill
" as read third time and passed.
The bill passed just as reported by the
committee on appropriations with excep-
ton of the modification of the clause in re-
gard to The band as above mentioned.
On motion of Mr.. Morrill, the senate then
took up the resolution submitted by him
yesterday that during the present session
it shall be in order at any time to move a
recess, and pending an appropriation bill
to move to confne the debate on the
amendments thereto to five minutes by any
senator, on pending motion and such mo-
tons shall be decided without debate. Az
debate the resolution was agreed to.
Ga motion of Mr. Wright of Iowa the
senate took up the bill declaring the true
intent aud meaning Of tie Union Pacific
railroad acts, approved July LIST, 1862,
July %, 1864, and July 81, 1866.
Pending discussion the senate adjourned.
HOUSE.
On motion of Mr.. Houton of Virginia,
the house at l. Is p. m. went into tie COM
mittee of the whole, Mr, Blackburn of
Kentucky, in the chair, on the bill amend
ing the laws granting pensions 10 soldiers
of the war of 1872 the question being on
the motion to strike ont the section re-
storing TO the pension rolls the names Of
persons stricken therefrom on account of
sympathy with the rebellion.
Mr.. McNeal of Ohio, advocated the
motion to strike out and Mr.. Bland of
Missouri, opposed it.
Mr.. Jencks of Pennsylvania moved to
amend the section by providing that no ar
rears of pension shall be paid for any por-
ton of the time duri K the existence of
the rebellion to any who either participated
in the rebellion or held any office under the
southern confederacy.
An exciting discussion followed, at the
conclusion If which the committee rose,
aud the house, on notion Of Mr.. Holman,
ordered the b Il to be recommitted.
Mr.. Lutlrtll OF California offered reso-
luton declaring it to be the opinion of The
house that the secretary of the treasury
should at once commence the issue of silver
coin accumulated in the treasury as sub
sttute for fractional currency. Referred.