Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1876-02-04
Forty.Tourth Congress- First Session.
SENATE.
Washington, February

| The chair submitted communication from the
Secretary Of the Interior IN reply to resolution
of the Senate the 3lst ut., enclosing copies OF
correspondence with committees of the forty-third
Congress respecting the taxation of lands granted
| to States and corporations; ordered printed and
tabled.
Mr.. Withcrs from the committee on pensions
reported substitute for the Senate bill TO amend
the act of Feb. H. 1871, granting pensions 10 GER
tain soldiers and sailors of the of 1872 and
widows CT deceased soldiers and TO restore TO the
pension rolls those persons whose names were
stricken thelcI1om in Consequence: of disIoyalty
place on the c,cndas
The Senate resumed The consideration of the bill
to pay the interest on the 81 District OF Columbia
bonds the pending question being on the amend
mcut Of Mr. Kcrnau, that any further issue of
; s. bonds under or by virtue Of said act of Con-
;ress approved juno 20, 1874, is hereby prohibited,
wa asryel ID.
Mr. Edmuud5 submitted an Gpr1d reo' -. fl
lows "Aad there shall be 10 lIcr>t'c IA thu PIES
cnt an cunt of total indebtedness of tAc District of
Columbia" 1t was agreed to.
Mr.. Hamilton Of Tex. submitted az amendment
as fellows "And provided further that the paving
and grading Of streets AMI alleys be discontinued
anti authorized by la".
The discussion was continued BIZ Messrs. Ham
ilton, M"lri'l (Me.l, salisbury, Sargent aud
Boy
Mr. IIamilton's amendment to discontinue the
paving and grading Of streets, etc, objected
to by Mr.. Sargent, as to sweeping and
jeotcCl yeas 81 nays 81. Messrs. Hamilton, Cra-
gin, Hitchcock, Logan and Ogesby voting vita
The democrats in the Affirmative.
Mr.. Edmund5 submitted an amendment that any
officers or person who shall knowingly increase,
aid or abct in ncseasing such total indebtedness,
shall be deemed guilty Of high mi ,demeanor, aud
on conviction thereof shall be punished by i'm
prisonment not exceeding ten years and pay
fine not exceeding $4,000. Agreed to-
Mr.. Eaton of Conn, submitted an amendment,
and provided further that this resolution shall not
in any way or manner recognize the Liabilities of
of the United Sta'es to pay either the principal
iutere~, of any such bonds as may have been is
sued on or since the 9th day Of January 1876.
After debate the amendment Of Mr.. Eaton
agreed to-
a joint resolution wa. then reported TO the Sen
ate, and the question being first on the amend
men, proposed by the committee on Apnopria-
tons to strike ont of the resolution as 1t came
from the House proviso that any further issue of
o. bonds is hereby prohibited and prov ded
further that nothing IN this resolution contained
shall involve the government of the United States
any obligation to pay the principal or interest of
any such bonds which have been issued contrary
to or not ia pursuance of the law. l.
Cured in. The question then being on concur
ring in amendments made in the committee Of
the Whole, they were concurred in.
Mr.. ii Ahln moved to recommt to committee
on Appropriations Rejected
The Joint resolution as amended was passed. 1t
is as follows Resolved, &c. That the Commits
sionels Of the District of Columbia are hereby
objected to transfer to the treasury Of the |. 5,
for payment of the interest the bonds of said
district issued under the provisions of the act of
congress approved jane 20, 1874 entitled "An act
for the government of the District of Columbia
and for other purposes" sum necessary to pay
the same from any appropriations heretofore
ma lie by congress or from any revenues derived
by taxation properly of said district of Column
bia, subject TO reqnistion OF SAID commissioners,
excluding funds raised for the support of the pub
lie schools provided that any further issue of IS
bonds under or by virtue Of said act Of congress,
arptoved June 20, 1874 is hereby prohibited
Mr.. Morton said that last week he gave a notice
that he would AK the Senate to-day to proceed to
the consideration Of the resolution for the admis-
sion Of Pinchbeck as senator from La. 1t was a
question of high priv ilege and bad been too long
already. He moved that the resolution
be taken up for consideration. Agreed to-
The Senate then adjourned.
HOUSE.
Mr. Ciymer Of Pa, offered resolution directing
the Secretary of War to report the entire cost for
the last f.cal year of the signal service Adopt
et.
Mr. Wheeler Of X. Y, offered resolution d.
rectng the committee on appropriation to insert
an item appropriating $500 TO the widow Of the
late II. G. Stark weather. Adopted.
Mr.. Glover of Mo, offered resolution reciting
the belief that certain political and personal infu-
ence had been exerted to secure the removal of
the feuefal ludTe and the appointment
of another in Colorado, for the corrupt pur-
pose of procuring certain orders and DEGREES con-
corning mining interests now in litigation and d.
recting the Attorney General to furnish copies of
the letters and papers asking the removal of Judge
Bedford, and for the appointment of Judge Stone
in his stead. Referred to the committee on Judi
ciarv,
Mr.. Lord of y. Y, from the committee on Ac-
counts, reported bill authorizing the L. S. court
TO appoint commissioners to take atfi1avts, depo
sions and verifcation of pleading to be read in
[. 5. courts, but who not to possess the other
powers conferred by the statutes on circuit court
commissioners. After discussion the bill was
passed.
The Speaker laid before the House message
from the President, returning without approval
an act transferring the custody of certain Indian
trust funds from the Secretary of the Interior to
the Treasury of the United States, with com
munication from the Secretary of the Interior set
ting forth that the act not sufficiently definite
to accomplish the end desired. The message and
accompanying document having been read, Mr..
Randall stated the bill had come from the COM
mittee on Appropriations; that the Secretary of
the Interior had suggested an amendment 10 it,
that that amendment was Incorporated in the bill,
aud that il a very strange thing that it should
now be objected to by the department at whose
instance it had been prepared. The message
referred to the committee on Appropriations, and