The herald and mail. [volume] (Columbia, Tenn.) 1873-188?, 1876-04-14

bureau of the treasury department. and fer
the issue of silver coin in place of fractional
currency. The amendment of MIR. Willis, to
| add to Mr.. Holman's amendment Proviso
| that if silver bullion is not presented for
| coinage in sufficient quantity to meet the de-
nland, the treasury may purchase silver bull
| lion for purposes of coinage. was agreed to.
| Mr.. Reagan again offered his amendment
| making silver legal tender TO the amount
| of fifty dollars. 1t was adopted; and with
out disposing of the bill, the house adj
! journed.
In the house, on the 31st, Mr.. Wood,
| from the committee of ways and means, re-
ported bill for the separate entry of express
packages contained in one importation.
Passed. Mr.. Morrison, from the committee
| on ways and means, reported a bill to define
the tax on fermented or malt liquors. 1t
provides that nothing contained in section
1897 OF the revised statutes shall be construed
to authorize assessment on the quality of the
material used for the purpose of producing
fermented or malt liquors, and that the quah-
tity of the material used shall not be evil
dence for the purpose of taxation; but that
the tax on all beer, lager beer, ale, porter
and other similar fermeEted liquors shall be
paid as provided in that section, and not
otherwise, provided that the act shall not
apply to cases of fraud. Passed. Mr.. Tucker,
from tne SdI1t EtpOElcu ~ Dill TO
authorize the commissioner of internal rev.
enue to designate and fix points at which
collectors ana supervisors of revenue shall
hold their office. Passed. The house then
proceeded to take a vote on the bill apprO-
priating $163,000 for the deficiency in the
treasury printing bureau, and for the issue of
subsidiary silver coin. The bill was passed
-122 to 100 The following is the text of
the bill: There be and hereby is appropriated
out of any money in the treasury not ether
wise appropriated, the sum of S165, 900 to
provide for engraving, printing and other
expenses of making and issuing United States
notes. That the secretary of the treasury is
hereby directed to issue silver coins of the
United States of The denomination of ten,
twenty, twenty-five and fifty cents of stand
ard value in redemption of an equal amount
of fractional currency, whether the same be
now in the treasury awaiting redemption, or
whether it may be presented for redemption
and the secretary of the treasury may, under
the regulations of the treasury department,
provided for such redemption, issue, by sub
stitution at the regular sub-treasury and pub
lie repositories of the United States until
the whole amount of fractional currency out
standing shall be redeemed. That the silver
coins of the United States of the denOmina-
ton of one dollar shall be a legal-tender at
their nominal value for any amount not ex-
ceeding fifty dollars i'll any one payment,
and silver coins of the United States of de-
a legal-tender at their nominal value for any
amount not exceeding twenty-five dollars in
any one payment. Adjourned.
In the house, April Sd, bill amenda-
tory of the pension law for the war of 1912
was passed. 1t directs the restoration to the
pension rolls of pensioners stricken off on
account of the rebellion, this restoration to
date from May l, 1865. The impeachment
managers nominated in congress Saturday
were elected, except that Lapham sub
stituted for Wheeler. Mr.. Lynde offered a
resolution which was adopted, calling on the
secretary of the treasury for information in
regard to payments of money to newspaper
editors or correspondents, aside from the
publication of legal notices, by United States
attorneys, revenue agents, supervisors, ETC.,
connected with the whisky prosecution in
st. Louis, Chicago and Milwaukee; to what
party, for what newspaper and for what par
ticular purpose.