The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1876-04-19
T ELEC RAPHIC
CONGRESSIONAL.
SENATE.

sDa'S H'ia
submitted a resolution instructing
the judiciary committee to enquire
into the expediency of providing a
reasonable statute of Limitations bear
ing all right on the part of the United
States to sue upon official bonds, with
leave TO report by bill or otherwise.
Agreed to. Anthony introduced a
bill relating TO the sale of Congress-
ional Record and other public docu-
ments. 1t authorizes the Congress-
ional printer to furnish copies of the
Record and extracts therefrom to
members of Congress at cost, and
other public documents with 10 per
cent. additional thereon, and collect
the money after delivery. Passed.
Sherman reported favorably on the
Senate bill to amend the laws relating
TO the legal tender of silver coin.
Placed on calendar. The bill embod-
les tine main features of the two Sec
tions which were proposed by this
committee as amendments to the
House silver currency bill, hut which
were consequently withdrawn. The
bill will provide for the coinage of a
silver dollar of 4l2.s grains of stan
dard silver, to be legal tender for any
amount not exceeding $40 in one pay
ment, except for customs dues and
interest on the public debt. The legal
tender power of the trade dollar is TO
be totally abolished and only existing
silver coins are to remain as legal ten
der for amounts now fixed by law.
The bill will however limit the issue
OF new silver dollars to $4,000, 900 and
the provision before recommended
by the committee to allow the holder
of bullion to exchange it at its mar
ket value for legal tender silver dol
lars at their face value will be omit
ted from the bill. The Senate then
proceeded TO the consideration of un-
finished business. being the bill au-
ihorlzing the requirement. OF Pennsyl-
vania Avenue, Washington.
Morrill, called up the House bill
making appropriations TO supply de-
ficiercies in the appropriations for
the fiscal year ending June 80, 1876,
and for prior years. Various amend
ments proposed by the committee on
appropriations We're agreed To, among
them the following: For payment OF
mi ieage TO Senators who took their
seats at the session convened on the
9th of March 1875, by proclamation
of the President, and who were not
members of the previous Congress;
Edmunds moved an amendment pro-
viding that payments for mileage to
Senators should be for actual travel
only Agreed to. The amendment
of the committee on appropr ations
providing $4,000 to pay the conpen-
sation and expenses of the Black
Hills commission was agreed to. The
amendment appropriating S73, 500 to
pay the expenses of transportation
and custody of articles belonging to
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the Centennial exhibition, was agreed
TO.
The amendment appropriating
$4,000 TO pay for stone for the Par
ker>burg posioffice was adopted. The
proviso that all officers appointed by
the President for the territories shall
he bona fide citizens of the territories
was stricken out. The amendment
appropriating $4,000 for the subsis-
tence of = pache Indians in New Mex
ico was agreed to. The hill was fur
ther amended SO that the compensa-
ton of the Black Hills commissioners
snould not exceed IS daily and the
bill then passed. The bill to amend
the act mnking appropriations for
expenses of the Indian Department
in regard TO sureiics of Indian agents,
etc, was reported favorably and
placed on the calendar. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
Culbers0n introduced bill to eX-
tend the time for the construction OF
the Texas ami Pacific Railroad. Re-
ferrrd. The House then took up the
report of the election committee on
the Alabama contested election case
of Bromberg against Haraldson, the
report being unanimous against the
claim of the contestant Bron,berg and
declaring the sitting member, Har-
aldson, entitled to a seat.
The House then took up the con-
tested election case of Walls, OF Flor
ida. No vote was reached and re-
cess was taken till evening, when the
bill to transfer the Indian Burean to
the War Department was considered
but not acted on. Adjourned.