The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1876-08-11

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ed States was defrauded hy said Tiltop
Wheelwrlght n Co. of the sum SO paid
tn'wit, S20,Ol9.
R,S0irtd, That copy OF the All.
nexed testimony, together with the re,
ports OF the majority and minority OF
committee, and OF these resolutions,
with notice Of action OF the House ol
Representatives herein, be laid before
the President by the clerk of this
House.
The minority report, signed by
Baker of New York, offers no resolu.
ton for action, but sums up that there
is no evidence to show that there was
any collision between the officers of
the government and the firm of rilton.
Wheelwright ~ Co, to defraud the
government In the final adjustment OF
their claims.
MI Conger called for the reading of
the reports, pending which Mr.. Here.
ford made conference report ON the
river aud harbor bill.
Senate--Ihe amendment Of the
House to the resolution OF the Senate,
to print four thousand copies of the
majority and minority reports OF the
special committees which recently In.
Vestlgated Mississippi affairs, was
agreed to, and the resolution passed.
Mr., Allison called up the con Inference
report on the river aud harbor appro.
priation bill, and in answer to "A cues
ton Of Mr.. Eumuuds, said tho bill, az
agreed upon by the committee, appro-
priated exactly live million dollars.
The Judiciary Committee agreed up
on and reported the following as sub.
stltute for the House joint resolution
proposing an amendment to the Con.
slitution concerning religion and COM
mon schools. Article Sixteenth No
State shall make any law respecting
an establishment of religion or opos.
Ing free exercise thereof, and no relig.
lous test shall be required as IA uualia.
cation to any office or public trust; no
public property and no public revenue
OF nor any loan OF credit by or under
authority OF the United States or any
state, territory, district or municipal
corporation shall be appropriated to or
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made or used for the support of any
school, educational or other institution
under control of any religious sect or
organization, or denomination or
wherein particular creed or tenets of
any religions or religious sect, organ
i1ati0n or denomination shall be
taught, and no such particular creed or
tenets shall be read or taught in any
school or institution supported in
whole or in part 10y such revenue or
loan of credit, and no such approprla.
ton or loan of credit shall be made TO
any religion or any religious sect, or
ganization or denomination, or to pro-
mote its interests or tenets. This ar
ticle shall not be construed to prohibit
the reading Of the Bible in any
school or institution, and it shall not
have effect TO impair the rights of
property already vested. Section 9
Congress shall have power by appro-
pirate legislation to provide for the
prevention and punishment of viola
tors of this article.
The finance committee informally
agreed that the House bill repeating
the date of resumption act shalt sleep
in their committee till next winter.
Senators Windcm, Logan aud Ker-
nan, and Representatives Randall,
Scales and Hurlbut, constituting the
committee of Conference on the Indian
appropriation bill, agreed upon re.
port this evening, providing that the
House shall recede from its proposi-
ton for the transfer Of the Indian
bureau to the War Department and
shall consent to appropriate the
amounts required, by existing law, for
the salaries of officials and clerks of
the Indian bureau, as now organized.
This agreement leaves only the consul
lar and diplomatic appropriations,
which bill is still subject OF conflict.
The report of the conference commit
tee was agreed to.