The Toledo chronicle. [volume] (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1873-1924, 1876-04-13

against The internal revenue unless Indicted
within 'hree years after such offense has been or
!naS De committed. report was made that the
impeachment articles had been read in Tho
senate, and that that body would take action in
the matter. When considering the Legislative
Appropriation bill an amendment was oTerea
ana finally rejected to omit the item for the pr,si
dents salary fixing it at 25,OCO year after the
4h OF March, 1877, until action should be had on
the special bill fixing the Presidential sal ary.
oN 'he oth, bills were passed IN the Senate
authorizlng the sale of the Menomonee reserva.
tioh III wisconsin, under the direction of the
Interior Department. House bill to enable the
secretary Of the Treasury to pay judgments rem.
dered by the Court of Alabama Claims. Housa
Dill authorizing the sale of the Pawnee reserva.
tion. The Senate organized as Court Of I'm.
peachment, and an order was agreed to that
summons be issued to ex-Secretary Belknap. re-
turhahie on the nth Of April to which
time the Court adjourned. The bill fixing
'ne rate OF postage on third-class mail
hater' ana for other purposes was
taken up and debated. . In the House. a resolu-
l,on was adopted, directing the Secretary of the
treasury to furnish the House with an itemized
account of the amount expended under The item
oi S3toOO appropriated for light and fuel for the
fiscal year ending June 80 1876. A bill was
passed regulating the winding up of National
Banks. Announcement was made of the action
ol the Senate on tho impeachment question The
Dill to transfer the Indian Bureau from the In
terror 10 the War Department was debated in
COMMITTEE OF the Whole, asSyas also at the even
Ing session, the Legislative Appropriation bill.
On the 9th, in the Senate, favorable report
was made from the Committee on Finance on
the House bill to provide for the deficiency in
the Engraving and Printing Bureau of the Treas
ury department. The House bill to amend the
Revised Statutes in regard TO Limitations in pros
ecution Tor crime was amended and passed The
Dill fixing the rate of postage third-class mat
Ter was taken up, and amendments were submitted
and ordered printed. Adjourned to the 10th .
In The House, the Senate bill fixing the Presiden
tial salary, after the 4th Of March, 1877, at s25-
oD year, was passed without discussion. The
bill to carry into operation the Hawaiian treaty
was discussed and the Legislative Appropriation
bill was further debated in Committee of the
Whole
On the 7th, the enate was bot in session
"A number Of private bills were passed in
the House, and also bin for the payment of
certain war claims applying to over 2O1 indi-
viduals in the loyal States, and aggregatiug
Sll2ho0. resolution was adopted instructing
INC n"p-eoHihilt'ee OF lne Commute on Naval
Affairs to proceed to the Philadelphia and League
Island Navy Yards to inquire into certain alleged
abuses and frauds. Adjourned, the session on
the Sh to be for debate only.
On the 10Th, large number Of bills and petit
tions were presented and referred in the Senate
A favorable report was made on the bill to estab
ish the Territory OF Pembina. The House bill
to provide for the deficiency in the Printing and
Engraving Bureau of the Treasury Depart
nent was amended and passed. =. In the
House, large number of bills were intro
1uced and referred. A bill was passed appropri-
lting S5S12,S50 for the construction repair,
and completion Of the different pub
lie works the rivers and harbors. resolu
lion was adopted instructing the Committee on
Foreign Affairs to inquire into the cause of the
Imprisonment Of E. O,Meagher Condor.