The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-05-04

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dollar herein authorized shall be legal
tender at its nominal value for any amour
not exceeding twenty dollars in any on,
payment, except for custom duties and inter
est on the public debt, and the trade dola
shall not be lcgaltendcr therefor. Tn,
secretary of the treasury is hereby authorize,
to exchange, for an equal amount of United
States notes. which shall be retired and can
celled, and not be again replaced by othc
notes. and all United States notes redeemed
under this act shall he held TO be- n part %
the sinking fund provided for by an existing
law, the interest to he computed thereon n
| in the case OF bonds redeemed under tn,
acts relating to the sinking fund, Any owner
| Of silver bullion may deposit the same at til,
mints, to be taken at its market value, to h,
asccrtaned and publicly announced from
time to time by the director OF the mint, with
the approval Of the secretary Of the treasury
and to be paid for either in silver dollars Ol
gold coin, or United States notes. The hui
lion for the coinage Of said silver dollars may
be procured in the mode provided for as tc
other silver coins by section 1876 of the re
viscd statutes Of the United States, the gain
and waStage to be accounted for as provided
in said section. Mr.. Morrill, called up house
bill making appropriations to supply def
cienclcs in the appropriations for the liSCa
year ending June 30, 1876, and for prior
years. Various amendments were agreed to
among them the following: For the payment
OF mileage TO the senators who took then
seats at the session convened on the 9TH OF
March, 1879, by proclamation of the presi'
dent, who were not members OF the previous
congress, $6,336. The amendment Of the
committee on appropriations, $4,000 to pay
compensation and expenses Of the Black
Hills commission was agreed to; also the
amendment apprOprating $4,000 to dciray
expenses OF exhibiting articles belonging to
the United States at the centennial. Mr..
Paddock submitted an amendment providing
that nothing contained in the bill should be
construed so MS to allow compensation to
members of the Black Hills commission who
are prohibited from receiving the same by
the revised statutes Of the United States.
Agreed to, After cxccutivgscssion, the sen.
ate adjourned. Z
In the senate, on the 10th, Immediately
after the journal Of yesterdays proceedings
was read, the chairman laid before that body
the message from the president vetoing the
act fixing the salary of the president TX.
Secretary Belknap and counsel entered at
Ia,;ro ,"as s,,oniod w "" h
Impeachment trial Mr.. Lord sent TO the
secretary's desk and had read the answer
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