Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-05-13
FORTY.FOURTH CONGRESS.
The Business OF General Interest Trans
acted.
SENATE,

Mr.. Sherman (Rep }, Of Ohio, reported back
with amendments the concurrent resolution
to secure uniformity in gold coin, moneys, and
accounts between the United States and the
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.
Placed on the calendar.
On motion of Mr.. Morrill, (Rep.), Of Maine.
the Senate insisted on its amendments to the
Deficiency Appropriation bill, and agreed to
the conference asked for by the House.
Messrs. Morrill, (Me.), Allison and Davis were
appointed members of the conference commit
tee on the part of the Senate.
The Chair laid before the Senate the Consul
lar and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, with the
message of the House Of Representatives re-
fusing to concur in the Senate amendment to
that bill. Mr.. Sargent Rep.) of California
moved that the Senate insist upon its amend
nent, and ask for q committee of conference
and The Chair appointed Mesurs. Sargent,
Frelinghuysen and Withers members of the
committee.
Mr.. Sherman (Rep), of Ohio, called up the
House joint resolution explanatory of the law
allowing the commissioner of internal revenue
to issue special tax stamps to persons carrying
on the business of retail dealers in liquor,
tobacco, ETC., upon railroad trains and steam
boats. Passed
Mr.. Boutwell, (Rep.), of Massachusetts, in
troduced a bill, authorizing the secretary OF
the treasury to renew the issue of fractional
currency, provided that the total amount out
standing at any one time shall not exceed S.
600, 900. Referred.
The District Tax bill, as-amended by Mr..
Meals substitute, providing tax of one and a
half per cent on all property, real and per-
s0nal was passed.
Mr.. Lawrence (Rep.), Of Ohio, from the
judiciary committee, submitted report in re-
latiOp N tha paaifio railroads
requiring them to create sinking fund to pay
at maturity the principal and interest of the
subsidy bonds issued to them by the govern
ment. Reccmmitted
The House then went into committee Of the
whole on the Legislative and Executive APP
preparation bill.
Mr.. Piper Dem }, of California, moved to
amend the item for the San Francisco mint by
increasing the appropriation for wages from
1925, 900 to $6z7, 900.
| Mr.. Randall moved to amend the amend
ment by providing that the rate of wages paid
at the San Francisco mint shall not exceed
those at the Philadelphia mint by more than
twenty-five per cent. (allowing fifteen per
cent. for the difference between paper and
gold, and ten per cent. for the cost Of liying).
Agreed to.
Motions to insert an item Of $14 900 to carry
| on an assay Office in the mint buildings at New
I Orleans, and an item of "a, 600 for the mint OF
Charlotte, n. O., after long discussion were
adopted. An item of SIS, ZOO was also inserted
for an assay Office at Boise City.
The question of the compensation of Terri
torial judges (fxed in the bill at 81, 5O0) gave
rise to discussion, most Of the speeches being
against the utter inadequaoy of that compen.
sation. Mr.. Cannon, OF Utah, illustrated it BY
the statement that the Territorial Legislature
OF Utah made an appropriation to increase the
compensation OF the United States judges
| who acted there in dual capacity.
Mr.. Hoar (Rep.), of Massachusetts, express
| ed his astonishment at Mr.. Cannon's state
ment, and intimated that any Federal Judge
who received compensation from any outside
source deserved impeachment, and offered MI
amendment forbidding Territorial judges tt
accept any compensation except that provided
by Congress. Agreed to.
Mr.. Holman Oem.) of Indiana, reported
the Post-office Appropriation bill. 1t contains
appropriations for mail depredations ani
special agents, BIO, 600; for post route maps
$4,000; for advertising, 1876, 000 and provides
that the postmaster-genera shall cause al
advertisement of the mail lettings of eacl
State and Territory to be posted up in eacl
post-ofice therein, to be posted conspicuousl!
for at least sixty days before the time of sucf
letting, but no other advertisement of suci
lettings shall be required compensation Il
postmasters, SO, 500, 900, and to clerks, So, $780,
600; for payments to letter carriers, 81 $50,
900, provided that hereafter the free deliver,
system shall not be established in cities of les
than 10000 inhabitants where now established
by law for inland transportation, $14, 800, 900
for transportation of foreign mails 1920, 600
for balances due foreign countries, $4,000.
the revenue OF the Post-office department
shall be insufficient to meet the appropriation
made by the bill, then the sum of ~, $50, 90
is hereby appropriated For steamship service
between San Francisco, China and Japan
$250,000. The amount recommended to b.
appropriated by the bill is as follows Fo
general service of the Post-o Office department
1891, 089, 109; for steamship service, $3.50 900
for official postage stamps for the use Of tn
Post-office department, 1850, 900 total, 1872,
1879, 109 The above amount is to be provide,
for as follows By the revenues Of the de
psrtment, estimated at 800, 258, 2O3; by appro
priations for deficiency out of the treasury
$2, $50, $685. by direct appropriations out o
the treasury, $3.50, 600. The total amount re
commended by this bill is less than the esti
mates therefor in the sum Of So, 750, 69699.
The House went into committee of the Who'll
on the Legislative and Executive Appropria