Connecticut western news., 1876-07-14
FORTY-FOURTH CONGRESS-.
The Business of General Interest Trans- 3ot0ds
 GENATK.

SENATE.
 The District Tax bill was reported to the Senate. The amendments made in the com mittee were agreed to, and the bill was read & third time and passed.
 Mir. Merrill (Rep.), of Maine, from the con- ference committee on the Legislative, Judicial and Executive Appropriation bill, reported that the committee had been unable to agree. He moved that the Senate insist upon it's amend ments and agree to the new conference asked for by the House. The motion of Mir. Merrill to grant the new conference was agret to- and the Chair appointed Messrs. Morrill,, of Maine, Allison, of Iowa, and Norwood, of Georgia, members of the committee on the part of the Senate.
 The House bill providing for the sale of the Kansas Indian lands in Kansas to actual set tiers, and for the disposition of the proceeds of the sale, was passed.
 The Chair laid before the Senate telegram from the New York Bureau of Trade praying that eiver shall not be made legal tender for any sum larger than five dollars. Referred to the committee on finance.
 MT. Conkling (Rep), of New York, called up the Senate bill to punish the counterfeiting of trade mark goods, and the sale or dealing In of counterfeit trade mark goods. The several amendments heretofore agreed to by the judi ciary committee were agreed to, and the bill passed.
 Mr. Sargent (Rep.), of California, from the | conference committee on the Naval Appropria- | tion bill, made report that the committee had | agreed upon bill and the report was agreed l to.
 The Chair appointed Messrs. West, Hamlin | and Maxey as the new conference committee on the Post-ofice Appropriation bill. MT. Merrill (Rep. ), of Maine, from the com- mittee on appropriations. reported back the bill passed by the House to continue the unex- pended balances to provide temporarily for the expenses of the government for period not | to exceed ten daye, with &n amendment pro- viding that in cases where no sufficient unex. pended balance remains on hand, the necessary l amount be appropriated out Of any money in ! the treasury. Passed.
 The House bill to amend sections {, 1898 and | 9,694 of the revised statutes, providing pen alty for mailing obscene books and other mat ter therein contained, and prohibiting lottery circulars from passing through the mails. was | taken up After 8 short discussion the bill was read 8 third time and passed.
 | The Senate took up the Sundry Civil Appfo- priation bill. MT; Windom said the bill as it came from the House appropriated $15, ,256, > 731 32. To this the Senate committee had added $4, 6s4, eos. 55. The bill for the current fiscal year appropriated $29, ,45s, S5S.
 Mir. Rusk (Rep), of Wisconsin, from the committee on invalid pensions, reported bill to regulate the issuing of artificial limbs to disabled soldiers and sailors. It provides that any person who has lost a limb in the service of the United States shall receive every five years an artificial limb. Passed.
 On motion of MT. Atkins (Dem ), of Tennes. sec, the Senate amendments to the Army Alp. propriation bill were referred to the committee on appropriations.
 On motion of MT. Atkins (Dem.), of Ten. nessee, the Senate amendments to the Army Appropriation bill were non-concurred in.
 The Speaker appointed as 8 committee ol conference on that bill Messrs Atkins, Ran dall and HurIburt.
 Mir. Payne (Dem.), ), of Ohio, from the com mittee on banking and currency, reported bacl the Senate amendments to the Silver Coin bill
 The vote on the first amendment of the Senate, striking out the word "now" (whict confined the issue of silver coin to that now il the treasury), resulted: Yeas, 75; nays, 78 The vote was then taken on concurriug on the second amendment of the Senate, and it wal rejected-60 to 105.
 Mir. Randall moved to concur with thnSenatt amendment, with an amendment thereto il the form of two additional sections, authoriz ing ID addition to the silver coin allowed to bt , issued in redemption of fractional currency the coinage of twenty millions, requiring th' purchase of the necessary silver bullion a market rates, and authorizing the issue of tb' coin in the ordinary disbursements of thu treasury. He also allowed Mir. Landers (Dem. ) of Indiana, to offer an amendment authorizing the coinage of the standard silver dollar O. the same weight and fineness as that in use or the first of January, 1861, and make it 8 lega tender in payment of all debts, public O l
 The vote was first taken on Mir. Landers amendment, and it was adopted-yeas, no nays, 54.
 The motion made by Mir. Randall to concu in the Senate amendment, with his own, anc Mir. Landers' amendment thereto, was thel , agreed to-yeas, no; nays, 45.
 | The bill now goes back to the Senate witt these provisions ingrafted on the Senat amendment.
 A message was received from the Senate in forming the House that the Senate had agreet to the report of the conference committee ol the naval appropriations.
 l, MT. Holman (Dem.), of Indiana from th , committee of conference on the Post-ofic
 Appropriation bill submitted the report of tha ! committee informing the House that the com mittee had not been able to agree, and asket for another committee. The report was thel adopted, and the Speaker appointed Messrs
 Holman, Clark and Hale as 8 new committs, of conference.
 Mr. Blount (Dem.) of Georgia, from thu committee of conference on the Naval Appro priation bill, made 8 report in favor of ths
 House concurring in some of the Senate amend ments, and of the Senate receding from other of it's own amendments. MT. Blount said the difference between the bill as it passed tht House and as it passed the Senate was $2, 043 900, and that the difference between the bil as it passed the House and as reported by tn, conference committee was only $315, ,000, al addition of $250,0 for the bureau of con struction and repair, and of $65 GOO for tn, bureau of steam engineering. The report O the committee was agreed to.