The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1876-02-03
HOUSE


In the house, on the 18th, Mr.. Knott,
from the judiciary committee, reported a
proposed amendment to the constitution, as
follows: No person who has held or may
hereafter hol the Office of president shall
ever again be eligible to said Office. Made
special order for Tuesday next. Mr.. Ashe
reported bill to amend the revised statutes
in relation to naturalization. 1t provides
that the declaration of the intention to be-
come a citizen of the United States may be
made before the clerk of a court and such
declarations heretofore made are declared
legal and valid. He explained that the OBJ
iect of the bill was simply to restore the law
to what it had been before the printing of
the revised statutes in which the word
clerk" had been accidentally omitted. Bill
passed. Mr. Ashe reported a bill to amend
section 1869 of the revised statutes, relating
TO claims for abandoned property. 1t au-
therizes the court of claims to take jUrisdic-
tion of claims of all persons who were infants,
married women, idiots, lunatIcs, insane per-
sons, or persons who were beyond the seas
at the time of the seizure of any abandoned
or captured property, provided such claims
are already on file, or shall be on file within
two years. Referred. Mr.. Lawrence re-
ported back adversely the bill to abolish
capitalpunishment. Laid on the table. The
speaker proceeded with the call of states for
bills for reference, and the following were
introduced and referred Providing that half
the duties on imports shall be collected in
lawful money; to fix legal rate>of interest
on national money throughout the United
States at not exceeding six per cent; for con-
struction of the Illinois and Mississippi ca
nal; to repeal the tax on bank deposits; for
Improvement of the Mississippi river between
st. Louis and Cairo. Mr.. Frye reported a
bill to extend the time for stamping un-
STAMPED instruments to the 1St of January,
A L. 4
months the time for claimants before the
Alabama claims committee to prove their
claims passed. 4 bill was introduced by
Mr.. House to restore to the pension rolls the
names Of pensioners which were struck of
for disloyalty Mr.. Williams introduced a
proposed amendment TO the constitution
which was referred. II is supplementary to
the amendment proposed by Mr.. Blaine
which prohibits the distribution or contro
of any school fund or school lands to or by
sectarian schools, and Is designed to extend
to prohibition. It is in these words: Nei
ther shall money raised by taxation IN an!
state be appropriated for the maintenance o
| any sectarian school or sectarian institution
In the house, on the 10Th, Mr.. Blaine
offered a resolution calling for information OF
the subject Of the transfer of lands within th'
railroad limits allowed to union soldiers
Adopted MF. Springer introduced consh
/ tutional amendment providing that congress
| shall not pass any special or local laws in re
card to granting pensions, bOunties, lands o
| prize-Inoney, or fer correcting the records o
/ any department in relation thereto; grantln!
relief to any person, or authorizing the pay
/ menf of any claim, giving any corporation
association or individual the right to lay rail-
road tracks, or conferring any special an'
| exclusive privilege on such corporations reg
ulating the practice of courts or conferriEi
1 special jurisdiction in particular cases
/ that in all cases where a general law can b.
made applicable, no special law VIII be en-
! acted, and that courts may determine II an,
| special law could be embraced in the genera
| enactment Referred. Mr.. Wallace pre-
/ sented petition, asking the passage Of
law giving additional bounty to soldiers
Referred. The centennial appropriate
came up for discussion, and without comm
to 4 vote on the bill the house adjourned
In the house, on the 10th, Mr.. Waddel
from the post Office committee, rePorte
back adversely the bin introdueed by ST
Eames, to reduce postage on irst-class ma