Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1876-04-13
THE WEEK CONGRESS.

In the Senate, Tuesday, an invitation
from the eolured people to the Senate
to participate IN the Inauguration of
the Lincoln statue, in Lincoln park, on
the l4.h Of April, was presented and
accepted.
The House committee Of mana gers
appeared aud exhibited articles of i'm
peachment against w. w. Belknap,
late Secretary Of War. After the arti-
cles had been read the managers were
informed by the President pro tenn. of
the Senate that due order would be
taken on the subject. a resolution was
adopted ordering the printing of the
Impeachment articles
AT the evening session the legislative
appropriation bill was taken up and
discussed, md the item fixing the sal
AIRY of the President at $751; after
March t, 1871, passed.
Ia the House an Invitation to partic-
pate in the Inauguration OF the Lincoln
statue was accepted. a bill was passed
amending section l l,044 of revised sta
tutcs, so as to provide that no person
shall be prosecuted or punished for any
oficnse except against the internal rev.
enue, unless indicted within three
years after such OffenSe.
y resolution WAS adopted directing
the committee on military affairs To as
certain by whose orders certain officers
of the army are absent in foreign cOun-
tries.
y bill 10 provide Tor the protection
of the Texas frontier was made the or
der TOR April 20.
\ bill was passed to regulate the
employment OF special counsel for the
government.
The Senate. Wednesday, was sworn
as court of impeachment in the Bel
KNAPP. case, by Chief Justice waite, and
adjourned ~ Il court, till the 18th inst.
The postal bill was discussed at
length but iinal action was not taken.
In the House a resolution was adopt
ed directing the Secretary of the Treas
ury To furnish an itemiZed account of
the amount expended under the item
Of $500, GOO appropriated Tor light and
fuel.
a bill was passed to facilitate liquida-
ton, so that inSulvent banks may be
perfectly and speedily closed up.
The House, in committee of the
Whole, considered the bill to transfer
the Indian Bureau from the Interior to
the War Department, and the appro-
priatiOn bill. but did not reach final |
vote on either.
In the Senate, Thursday, bill to /
correct an error in the Revised Statutes !
in regard To warrants of arrest in eX- i
tradition eases, WAS passed.
4 bill Was introduced making an /
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the committee appointed 10 oinvestigate
the recent elections in Mississippi.
The postal bill was discussed, but
there was no final action.
Adjourned to the 10th.
In the House bill for the purchase
Of the Congressional Globe stereotype
plates and files was reported and re-
ferred.
Senate bill fixing the Presidents SAL
AIRY after March 1, 1877, at S25, 900, was
passed.
The bill 10 regulate the rate of inter-
est on national money, greenbacks,
National Bank notes, etc, and to make
it 6 per cent, was laid on the table.
y bill 10 appropriate $1,000 for light |
in the tower on the lake end OF the
Chicago water works, was passed.
Some time was spent in committee
Of the Whole on the Legislative APP
bill.
The House, Friday, rejected the reso-
luton to allow General Weitzel to be-
come a trustee of the Cincinnati South
eru railway.
y sub committee was instructed to
alleged abuses at the Phila-
1elphia and League Island navy yard. /
A bill TO pay about 200 persons in dii-
fereDt States, over $4,000 Cf war
claims, We're passed.
In the Senate, Monday, the House
bill to provide for its deficiency in the
engraving and printing bureau, and
for the issue OF silver coin in place of
currency, was taken up. The
third and fourth sections, being the
amendments proposed by the Senate
Finance committee, were Withdrawn,
with the understanding that they
would be presented az an independent
Inea ure in the future. The first part
)f the bill, which provides for the de-
iciency, and for the issue of silver coin,
Was amended so as to provide that the
redeemed fractional currency shall be
held as a part of the sinking fund. AS
thus amended, the bill passed, and
goes back to the House for concurrence
ia the amendment.
In the House the Judiciary commit
tee was instructed to inquire into the
cause Of the imprisonment of f. ON. |
COndon.
The House went into committee of
the Whole on the bill to carry the
Hawaiian treaty into operation, and
Mr.. Banks spoke for two hours and a
half.