The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-02-10
Present Series; VOLUME X

| President at six years, and proyidipo that ON,
person who shall he elected to and shall hold
| tne once OF President, or who has for two
years held such office, shall be ineligible to re-
| election.
ok the I'd, the House Joint resolution
| uirect'ng the Commissioners of the District of
| ooinmbia to pay interest on bonds issued in
pursuance OF the act Of Congress approved June
| ~ 1913, out OF any funds in the United States
treasury subject to the requistion of said Com
missloners, was further considered in the Senate,
| the pending question being on an amend
| ment prohibiting any further issue of 3.65
| bonds under said act...A bill was passed
IN the House pr viding for the sale of Indian
iahds In Kansas to actual settlers; it author zes
| the payment by settlers and purchasers under ap-
pralsement already made of the appraised value
Vi thelr farms in six equal annual installments.
ana also provides for a new appraisement. The
proposed Constitutional amendment limiting the
PRESIDENTIAL term was taken up and after discus
sion and the rejection of proposed amendments
was finally defeated-Yeas 144 nays 1t6, less than
two-thirds in the affirmative.
On the Sd, in the Senate, the bill to pay interest
on the 1868 District of Columbia bonds was
amended so as to prohibit any further issue of
suth bonds under the act of Congress of June 10
to7i, and providing that there shall be no increase
III the total Indebtedness Of the District and the
Dill, as amended, was passed. Resolutions of
workingmen OF Detroit in favor of the repeal
OF the Resumption act were presented and re
ferred.A resolution was adopted in the
House directing the Secretary of War to
report to the House the entire cost of the last
fiscal year of the Signal Service A bill was
passed for the payment of disabled soldiers
on the rolls of the House A bill was introduced
and referred for the encouragement of the con-
duct of commerce in vessels, four -ifths Of which
at least are owned by citizens of the United
States. The Consular and Diplomatic Appropria-
tion bill 1892 $40 was taken up in Committee
of the Whole ana debated. A message was re-
ceived from the President and referred return
ing, without his approval, the act transferring
the custody of certain Indian trust funds from
the Secretary of the Interior to the Treasurer Of
the United States, with n communication from
the Secretary of the Interior setting ont that the
act was not sufficiently definite to accomplish the
end desired.
In the Senate, on the 4th, Mr.. Sherman intro
duccd bill in the Senate to limit the value of
household effects entitled to free entry. A motion
carried TO reconsider the vote by which the District
of Columbia 3.65 bond bill was passed, but it was
subs quently withdrawn, and the bill was again
passed. The case Of p. b. S. Pinchback, Senator
from Louisiana, was taken up, and Mr.. Morton
advocated his claim to the seat, his speech
being largely devoted to the defense of his pinch
back's) personal character. Adjourned to the
7th... A number OF bills of a private char
acter were passed in the House. A sharp debate
occurred on the bill to grant a pension to VIM.
II. Duncan, of Tennessee, it being stated that
said Duncan had enlisted in the Confederate ser
vice in order to procure the discharge from the
Confederate prison in Knoxville of a crippled
b other, who had been arrested as Union guide,
and that he ad deserted at the first opportunity,
Joined the Federal service and remained in it
during the war. After a running debate the bill
was passed Adjourned to the 7th.