The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-04-27

walton and completion OF different public
works on rivers and harbOrS. The bill passed
Ill to 80. The total amount appropriated
| is Sj,S72,S50. Mr.. Lord offered n resolution
requesting the president to inform the house
as to what measures have been adopted tC
enforce the stipulatiOns OF the convention
with Venezuela. Mr., Scclyc offered resO
luton inStructing the committee on Judiciary
to inquire whether any additional legislation
is necessary to define the relations of the
army to congress, and to secure to the army
the right of petition which belongs to every
citizen. Adopted. Mr.. Cannon offered q
resolution insructing the committee on for
cign affairs to inquire into the cause Of the
imprisonment OF +, o. NJ, Congdon. Adopted
The house went into committee oi the whole
on the bill to carry the Hawaiian treaty into
operation, and it was addressed by Mr.
Banks in advocacy Of the measure, Ad
ourncd.
In the house, ON the llth, Mr., KchI
reported bill to authorize the construction
OF a bridge across the Missouri river at OF
near Sioux City, Iowa. After explanation
the bill passed. Mr.. Wells, from the com
mittee on appropriations, reported the def
cheney bill, and said he would try and get
action on it tomorrow The bill lNppropratcs
$t52, 1856. The house then proceeded to the
consideration, aS special order, Of the bill
reported by Mr., Reagan concerning com.
mcrCc and navigation and regulation Of steam
vessels. The bill was amended in various
respects, and passed The senate bill appro-
printing $4,000 for improvement Of the cap.
itoI grounds was amended by reducing the
amount to $2j 900, and passed. The evening
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legislative appropriation bill DiScuSSiOnand
action on the legislative bill were confined
to the reduction of special treasury agents,
limited to ten; to proposition of Mr.. White
to relieve small private distilcrs from tax.
alton, which was voted down, and to n vari
ETY. of minor matters connected with officials
OF the internal revenue, their numbers and
compensation. After little progress with the
bin, the house adjourned.
In the house, on the 18th, Mr.. lIoar
offered resolution instructing the judiciary
committee to inquire what steps have been
taken for properly representing the interests
of the United States in the suit instituted
against the Credit Mobiicr and others under
the provisions of the act Of Sd OF March, 1873
and also whether the Union Pacific railroad
company has not forfeited its charter and
whether the same should not be repealed
because the company resisted the recovery
in its behalf of its capital stock, wr0ngfully
by means OF fictitious construction
contracts or unlawful dividends. Adopted.
Mr., Harris, from the election committee,
made report on the Minnesota election case,
that Sterret, the sitting memher, is entitled
to the seat. Ordered to be printed. The
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Mr., Wells made explanations aS to the bill.
The bill was amended in various minor par
ticulars and passed. The house then went
into committee Of the whole ON the bill to
transfer the Indian bureau to the war de-
partment, aud was addressed byMr. Cook in
support of the bill. Without making any
further progress on the bill the house ad-
jOurncd.
In the house, on the 18th, Mr.. Walling
reported back the bill TO authorize claimants
on even numbered sections Of land within
twenty mile limits Of the Northern Pacific
railroad to make proof and payment for their
claim at minimum rate of one hundred and
twenty-five dollars per acre. Passed. The
bill for the restoration to market Of the
l'intah Indian reservation, Utah. passed !;
also the bill respecting limits Of reservation
for town sites on the public domain. Mr..
Saylcr reported senate bill To confirm the
pre-empti0n and homestead entries oi public
lands within the limits Of railroad granting
eases, where such entries have been made
under the regulations of the land depart
mcnt. Passed. The morning hour having
expired, Mr.. Scales moved to 90 into com
mittcc Of the whole ON the bill to transfer
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