Connecticut western news., 1876-06-16

! the principal, which is in bonds, the residue
 shall be delivered to the secretary of the treas
 ury to be cancelled, and that the portion of it
 which ls ill money shall be covered into the 1 treasury of the United States. Agreed to.
 Various amendments were offered and re-
 jected, and the bill was read a third time and
 passed--yeas, "A; nays, 20.
 Mir. Sargent (Rep.), of California, presented
 petition Of the disbursipg clerks in the Exc
 ewing department of the government, remon-
 strating against the passage of the bill legaliz
 ing assignments of pay made by officers of
 the government Referred.
 The House bill transferring tho custody of
 certain Indian trust funds was passed.
 MT. Allison (Rep.), of Iowa, called up the
 Senate bill providing for an agreement with
 the Sioux nation in regard to & portion of their
 reservation, and for other purposes. MT. Edmunds (Rep.) of Vermont, offered 8
 substitute, authorizing the President. with
 the advice and consent of the Senate, to ap-
 point commission of five persons to visit the
 Sioux, with the view to negotiate with them | treaty or agreement for the cessation of the
 right of those tribes to the Black Hills, in Dakota Territory, and appropriate $5U, ,000 to
 pay the expenses of said commission. Agreed
 Jo, and the bill was read third time and
 passed--yeas, 30; nays, 8.
 The Senate resumed the consideration of 1 the bill making appropriations for the legsla- tive, executive and judicial expenses of the government for the year ending June 30 1877, the pending question being on the amendment of the committee on appropriations to restore
 the salary of the President to $50, 900 from and after March 4, 1877, and it was agreed to yeas, 31 nays, Il.
 Other amendments of the committee restor- ing the salary of the private secretary to the President, and the salary of the employees in | the Department of State, the Treasury depart | ment, and the Army and Navy departments, were agreed to.
 Mr. Sherman (Rep.), of Ohio, called up the concurrent resolution proposing common | unit of money and accounts for the United States of America and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. It provides for 8 convention between the United States and Great Britain It provides that sterling money | shall be converted into dollar money by com- putting the pound sterling as equivalent to five | dollars the shilling to twenty-five cents, the | sixpence to twelve and one-Aah cents, the penny to two cents, and the farthing to one- half cent. It further provides that the action Of the convention shall take effect when ap- proved by the respective parties thereto, and | when laws shall have been passed by the re- Amendments proposed by the finance commit l tee declaring that the action of the convention | shall be subject to such notifications as may
 be agreed upon by the contracting parties, and shall take effect when approved by the respec- | tive parties, etc., were agreed to.
 The Senate resumed the consideration of the Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropria- l tion bil The amendments of the committee on appropriations, restoring the compensation | of the clerks in the office of the secretary of
 the interior, were agreed to. Other amend | ments Of the committee, restoring salaries of
 employees in the general land office, pension
 and patent offices, were agreed to. On motion of MT. Edmunds (Rep.), of Yer mont, the appropriation for stationery, carpets,
 repairs of building, printing, etc., for the
 pension office was reduced from 1925, 500 to $1T,5
 | All the other amendments of the committee
 restoring salaries of employees in the bureau l of education, Post-ofice department, and de- partments of justice and agriculture were agreed to, as were the amendments making appropriations for surveyors general and their | clerks. | All the amendments proposed by the com mittee having been acted on, MT. Sherman, ot Ohio, submitted an amendment providing that l all powers of transfer and suspension of off | cers held by supervisors of internal revenue
 shall hereafter be conferred upon the commits
 sioner of internal revenue, and the other l powers of supervisors shall hereafter be exer-
 cised by collectors of internal revenue. The | amendment was agreed to.
 | MT. Jones CDem), of Kentucky, offered a | resolution declaring it to be the sense of the
 House that Congress should pass, without de- 1 lay, a bill repeating the resumption act, and should prohibit any further contraction of the
 currency, and, if necessary to meet the de-
 mands of the people, should provide for It's
 increase, and should provide for the displace-
 ment of national bank notes with United States
 notes and should also provide for speedy return to gold and silver. Referred. l The bill perfecting the revision of the sta- tutes of the United States was passed. l The House proceeded to consider the bill | to promote the efficiency of the army, to pro-
 vide for it's gradual reduction, and to consoli- date certain of it's staff departments, and after
 some discussion the bill was passed-yeas, 120; nays, 82.
 l On motion of Mir. Ward (Dem.), of New | York, the House proceeded to consider the
 bill to amend title ffty-three of the revised statutes, relating to merchant seamen. Ii provides for appointment by the secretary oi
 the treasury of 8 commissioner, to be known
 as 8 [" shipping commissioner" for every port
 of entry which is also port of ocean naviga- | tion. Passed.