The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-06-23
House Of Repre.eutatives.

mouse oil hepreseutAtvee
The House met ut IL O'Clock, and imme-
diatsly went into Committee OF the Whole
the sundry Civil Appropriation bill. the auss-
ton being on the amendment offered bv Mr..
Vance OF Ohio. to have the public printing done
| under contract by The lowest bidder.
Mr.. ndall Dem. Pa) said the proposition
was real test as to the economical principle Of
| the Government printios once.
Mr.. Kasson (Rsp., Iowa) thought that the
proposition should be reserved for . more care
full consider .tinn In a separate dill. IL ei.ner
n cant TO give toe WORK To hives, or h meant
nothing enectual.
Tne amendment was agreed to, and is as fol-
| Iors:
That the Joint Committee Printing OF the senlte
snd the House snai UPON To. passage Of tns &C 81
asp te. Of Congress Tor he .~cona session % me
me Ss, resp O. A oa 'a er 1so .hs
toe 100000 Tor sifai performances Of toe
department. ard the Librarian Of coSs,e.. On
NJ pass on te,s act sever ny procure seheyrl
80, 1877 anu auyenise for proposal, for executing
responsieie oideprs upoo suiSeat secuntv being
given Tor the sood and faishfii performance Ct TIE
Pr vided that 1t ,hs be the duty Of the Government
S' cute saS The IersnsS Of ccSsTe.s .,aIsest se
ting form toe eos, At he yernnent prtng efee OF
nth W rue Government printer be low or lower
Gcverhmsnt Mt prinrnx ofsee, ana SScnsver Work
executed = the Government printing nice it saal be
each document pamphlet Ola X. % nE nook with and
"Ss u S 81 Ra.s Or ,ss 81
r'h ,ns nnmssr Of eSp,e' the sSa1 ny re,gs cot
numorr II Thousand -u.s, printers measurement the
se 81 and ps s III
Of 81 reGyH,a,;E eee,r.t pDs nnosr pa,ns Or en-,
| PIes,ing, foding gatnerag, stitching, sewing, snd
binding, inc udinz materials.
Tue Nem having been reached In the bill d.
rectinv the Secretary Of the treasury TO reserve
| OF the revenu Of the District Of Colum MIA, a
It..tA u AZ
bonds, accruIng WITHIN the next fiscal year. aud
apply the same 10 that purpose, Mr.. Randall
sno"d not Da be- s%isn. a@oun. !" o Ere revenue
belonging To the District at suen time AS tue
interest sn u be due, the Secretary OF the res-
urS shail advance the amount necessary and
an n reimburse 10 to the Treasury out Of tue
DisIrct revenues afterwards received.
ment as tending toward the Governments as
Stunning the responsibility OF p ylns the interest
on these s.s5 oonds, winch we're not the de ot OF
the Government, but Of the District Of Column
Pending action on It the committee rose, the
d 10 maliy opened.
M, Wells Dem, MOI from the COMMITTEE on
the pill sppropriatinQ $1,000 Tor the enl rye
ment Of the Government building in Dover,
Delaware. 1t was passed.
THE sUsDRY CIVIL BILL
The House then went into Committee OF the
Whole ON the SuDdry Civil bill, the U Iestiou be.
Ing on Mr.. Randalls amendment as TO tue 3.oj
bonds.
Mr.. Chittenden Qnd., N. y trayersed the
stat ment OF MI. HOLMAN tat these uonds
were not debt OF the United states Govern
men, AMI re d from the face Of one Of the
bonds these words " District Of Columbia
funding bond, guar anteed by the United states
of America. The faith OF the United States 10
pledged for the payment OF interest nd prin'i-
pa He did not know why tins Dond should
o os ,ns s1 II 1d sp,ses Dr. u not He aid moi
own one Of these bonds nor did any relative OF
HIS, but the holders OF tuese bonds we're en-
l.1 Lnas yIasaN 10 nI n
United States repudiated Its responsibility for
toem. .
man, that these b nds were not debt of the
| Uni Ell States. but the faitn of tho Government
WAS pledged Tor ceri am LEGISLATION o by the IN,
| teresl, and that pledge should be kept In good
I ith. Inc nonev sn 'uld he taken 'enporarlly
fro the Treasury, and aiterward Reimbursed
rs urOpo ed ~ the amendment.
Mr.. X ndall spoke In favor of the amendment.
| lie did not wish to leave In doubt aud uncer-
tain the payment OF the In crest on ihe bonds.
| The amendment was then adopted.
Wn n the committee reached the section ap
propriatiue s7i7'547 for the revenue cutters r
VIC, Nit. ii lrtzell dem. III offered IN amend
ment providing that, when vacancy occurs III
the grace OF Inird l.leuten mt n the revenue
cutter service, tire Secretary OF the Treasury
| tnat OF Ihird Lieutenant. Adopted. -
| Inc next section was QUE apurOpiiating 81
10000 for defraNinR the expenses OF Tue ~.
| prone Court and the Unite states District and
Circuit Courts for expenses 81 suits IN wnlch the
Unlted States IL concerned, and Tor ex oenses IN
| CURED la tue enforcement ~ the act rel tive 10
the rights ~ citizens to vote, providing that tue
| maximuu compensation ~ mafshals shall not
ex eed $500 year, and that hereafter no charge
| Of mileage sb al ne allowed 10 any MARSHAL, nut
| that they shal receive only their actual CA
penses. ans the allowances to deputies shdil not
exceed IS day. Ii also repe"ls ali laws ~ rela-
| ton to the registration OF voters.
| Mr. Gambler dem, Ga.) moved to strike out
| of the section wnateyer relates to the euiorce-
| ment act
| M Conger Qiep.. Mlch.) warned the Demo
| cratic majority from tampersnR with tho cleo
| ton law OF Congress on the eve OF an exciting
| PTesIden ial election.
| Mr. Cocnrane Dem. Pal advocated the
] amendment, and said that the Committee Oh