Connecticut western news., 1876-04-14
FORTY.FOURTH CONGRESS-.
Tho Business of General Interest Trans. acted.
 SENATE

SENATE. bill to appropriate $62, 300 to supply 8 de- hclency for the manufacture of postal cards was passed.
 MT. Allison (Rep.), of Iowa, from the con- mitJee on Indian affairs, reported favorablv on the Senate bill to authorize the eecretary of the interior to deposit in the United States treasury all sums now held by him, or which ne may hereafter receive as trustee of various Indian tribes on account of the redemption of United States bonds or other stock aud securi- ties belonging to the Indian trust fund. Tho bill also provides that the United States shall pay nVe per cent. per annum interest on all sums so deposited. Passed
 Mir. Thurman (Dem.), of Ohio, from the committee on the judiciary, reported bill amendatory of the acts establishing a u, form system or bankruptcy. It. provides that no voluntary assignment by debtor of all his property, heretofore or hereafter made in good faith for the benefit of all his creditors ratabIy aud without creating any preference and valid according to the law of the State where made, shall of itself, in tho event of his being adjudicated bankrupt in a proceed ing Of involuntary bankruptcy, be a bar to the discharge of such debtor. Placed on the calendar.
 The Chair laid before the Senate the Consu- lar and Diplomatic appropriations bill as the unfinished business. The Senate proceeded to consider the amendments, all of which were agreed to. The various amendments were
 
 laws only; creating no consulatcs and iucreas- ing no salaries, only restoring what the House had stricken out. The bill was then pa-sed on yea and nay vote 35 to IT.
 MT. sherman (Rep), of Ohio, called up the bill to amend the laws relating to the legal tender of silver coin, and moved to strike out all after the enacting clause, and amend by in- sertlrg the silver coins of the United States except the trade dollar, shall be legal tender at their nominal value for any amount not ex- HQadInD fVn dollars in, sherman said the only change is to make the silver coin of the country, except trade dollars. legal tenders.
 MT. Anthony (Rep.) of Rhode Island, intro duced joint rule providing that the General Appropriation bills shall be confined to appro- priailons to conform to existing laws Re- ferred.
 The Chair laid before the Senate the Mississippi resolution as the unfinished busi- ness. After some debate the substitute of. fered by MT. Christiancy WAS passed by vote or twenty-nlne yeas to nineteen nays.
 MT. Morton (Rep), of Indians, introduced A bill to amend the second, third, and fourth sections of an act to enforce the right of citi zens or the United States to vote in the sever- al States of this Union aud for other purposes, approved May 31, 1870, and substi; ute for sections 5 506, and 5 5U7 of the revised statutes Referred,
 Mir. Edmurds (Rep), of Vermont introduc- cd a bi to create sinking fund for the lioni dation If the government bonds advanced to the Cont al and Western Pacific railroad com pauies Referred.
 Mir. Thurman (DeD.) j. of Ohio, called up the bill to amond the act to establish & uniform system of bankruptcy tn oushout the United States. The bill was real a third time and passed without division
 Mir. Wight (Rep.). Of Iowa, called up A motion to reconsider the vote by which the bill reducing the salary of the President from $5O coo to $25 0Q0 per annum was passed, and the Senate, by vote of tweuty-four yeas to thlrty-one nays, refused to reconsider the vote,
 HOUSE.
 MT. Randall (Dem.) of Pennsylvanis, re- ported the bill to provide for the expenses cf the admission of foreign goods to the Centen- nal exhibition at Philadelphia. Passed.
 Alr. Banks Uih) ), of Massachusetts. report- cd resolution fixing the compensa ation of wifi nesses summoned to appear before committees or tho House at $3 per day. allowing five cents per mlle mileage. Adopted
 Dill providing that all unused stamps shall paseed. ""' Mir Burchard (Rep) ), of Illinois, reported A pill authorizing the secretary of the treasury to convert into coupon bonds 80 many of the hVe per cent. registered bonds as may be necessary to'pay the judgments of the Alabama claims commission. Passed.
 Tho House proceeded to the consideration of the bill reported by Mir. Banning, regulating Gne pay aL d allowances of officers of the army without any debate the bill was passed-yeas, Al nays. 61. ' The House went into committee of the whole on the Legislative and Judicial Appropriation