Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1876-04-08

Mr. Blaine's amendment, including senators,
representatives, and delegates in Congress in
the provisions Of the bill, WAS agreed to-yeAs
12S, nays IS
Mr.. Hoar's amendment providing that moth /
ing in the bill should prevent voluntary con- I
tributions for the purpose OF circulating docu-
ments for the purpose OF giving information, /
was rejected-yeas 81, nays 1l9.
Other amendments were rejected, aud then /
the next vote was on Mr.. Brown substitute. /
The trst section reads
That no officer or employee OF the govern /
ment shall require or request, give to or re- /
ceive from any other officer or employee Of the
same, or other person, directly or Indirectly /
any money OF property or other thing OF value
for political purp' SEES; and any such officer or
employ ee who shall offend against the provis-
ions OF this act shall at once be dismissed from
the service of the United States, and also be
deemed guilty Of high misdemeanor, and, on
convection thereof, fined not less than $500
nor more than $4,000, and imprisoned not
more than one year, at the discretion Of the
| judge trying the case.
The second section is the amendment offered
by Mr.. CObbe, of Virginia, and adopted. The
third section gives United States district courts
Jurisdiction OF the offenses created by the act.
The substitute was agreed to without the yeas
and nays, and the bill as thus amended was
passed-yeas, 173 nays, 8.
Bills were pissed Prohibiting the cutting
to which the Indian title or right of occupancy
has not been extingushed f; repeating the law
which forbids the appointment to any position
in the army of any person who served in any
capacity in the military, naval or civil service
of the Confederate States in the late civil war.
Mr.. Banning (Rep), of Ohio, from the
military committee reported bill to regulate
the pay of army officers. The bill fixes the
pay as follows General, $40, 600 lieutenant
general, IS, 600; major-general, SO, 900 briga-
dier-genersl, $4,000; colonel, $500; lieu
tenant-colonel 5000; major, $4,000; captain
$1,000; adjutant. $1,800 first lieutenant
(mounted), $1,000; first lieutenant (not
mounted), 81, 500 second lieutenant mount
s1,4OO
A bill to supply deficiency of S62 900 for
the manufacture Of postal cards for the year
ending June &c. 1876, was passed.
, Under the call of States the following bills
were referred:
Mr.. Willis CDem.) of New York, to restore
+ the national credit by funding the non interest
: bearing debt into four per cent. bonds, and to
repeal 30 much of the resumption act as re-
quires the secretary Of the treasury to redeem
ali outstanding legal tenders by Jan. /, 1879.
Mr.. Jones (Dem.), Of Kentucky for the dis
tribution Of the official patronage Of the gov
0 eminent at Washington equally among the
:. States Of the Union.
! Mr.. Burchard (Rep.), OF Illinois, to grant
- bounty lands to soldiers of the late war
) MIR. Payne (Dem.), Of Ohio moved to sus.
= pend the rules and pass his bill to provide fol
. the gradual resumption of specie payments.
. The first section Of the bill directs the
secretary OF the treasury to set aside and reta
e i'll coin each year until United States note.
= shall be appreciated to par with gold an amount
equal to three per cent. of tho outstanding
legal tenders or legal notes to be held as a re-
h sumption fund for the redemption of suct
b legal tender notes. Provided that such coir
a set aside and retained shall be counted as
part of the sinking fund.
10 The second section requires national bank
II to set aside and retain from the coin received
u by them as interest on the bonds dep sted al
security for their circulation an amount equa
to three per cen of their circulation sucl
L cUin to be counted as a part of their legs
Q money reserve.
- The third section repeats 90 much Of tn,
resumption act of Jan. IA, 1875, as provide
u for the redemption Of legal tender notes II
A the amount OF eighty per cent. of the uatona
+ ank notes in circulation, and as much as pro
vides for the redemption of legal tender note
= in coin after January, 1879.
N The vote was taken, and resulted-yeas 81
IT nays, 1856; so the motion was defeated |
- would have required a two-thirds vote to pas
10 the BILL and the fact that there was nearly
10 two-thirds majority against it elected som
il laughter.
MIR. Holman (Dem.), of Indiana, offered
= resolution fixing the compensation of witnesse
l. summoned before House committee at s
!, per day, and a mileage Of five cents per mile
Referred.
Mr.. Hoar (Rep ),of Massachuse ts, introduce
bill to permit the Importation, free Of duty
of books printed in any foreign languag,
Referred.
3. Mr. Atkins CDem), OF Tennessee from th
" conference committee on the bill to supply th
deficiency at the Red Cloud Sioux agenc,
made the report that the House should concr
=. in the Senate amendment, increasing til
~ amount from $1,000 to $3.50 0OO The repo
= WAS agreed to.