Connecticut western news., 1876-04-14

bill, the question being on the several amend
 ments to the item of the salary of senators.
 me amendment of MT. Douglass, of Virginia
 reauclng the salaries of senators to $3, GOO was [e1ected, as was also the amendment of Mir
 r brlen on Of Maryland, to increase the salary tc
 the bill at $4 500.
 MT. Burleigh (Rep). of Maine, from the
 committee on naval affairs. reported the bill
 9lrectlng the naval estimates to be made in
 tl uetall under tho various heads of expendi-
 lures. Passed
 The question of silver as 6 currency came
 oe1ore the House in the shape of & demand rom the engraving bureau for an appropria- tion or $l63,OO0 to make up & deficiency in
 Prlnting: The first vote was on the amend
 menu onered by Mir. Began, of Texas, proyid- ing that silver coins of the denomination of one dollar shall be legal tender at their yalne TOT any amount not exceeding fifty dollars in any one payment and that silver coins of less Juan one dollar shall be legal terder at their Ionllnai value for any amount not exceeding twenty -nve dollars in any one payment. This was aoopted by vote of 112 yeas to 95 nays.
 me olI appropriating $163, ,OOO for a def ctenoy m the treasury printing bureau, and for Voss Ioo or subsidiary silver coin, was passed MT. Morrison (Dem.) ), of Illinois, reported nil to define the tax on fermented or mali liquors. oA nA"i' q It provides that nothing contained in section
 'Oo' ono AoNi5ou 5LAtuC06 snail be construed to authorize the assessment on nnantitv oF material used for the purpose of producing iermented or malt liquors and that the ouan- tlty Of material used shallnot be evidence for sne m purpose of taxation, but that the tax on all beer, lager beer, ale dorter and otbar similar fermented lauor shall be maid as nro- mdeo m that section, and not otherwise. of fraud. ~Pf-' W o"0os
 Alter some discussion the bill was passed
 hn nnn NQ were introduced and referred:
 by MT. MoDougau (Rep.), of New York frovldmg that all pensions granted since March 4, 1861, shall take effect from the date or death or discharge
 n By Mr. Scales Dem), of North Carolina. To refund to dstillers from apples. erapes and peaches all of the special tax in excess of S5O
 by MT Farwell (Rep. ), of Illinois-To amend the existing laws relating to duties on imports.
 MT. Page (Rep.), of California, offered a Chinese immigrants to California under labor contracts, and requesting the President to enter Into negotiations with the Chinese gov ernment for such modification of the treaty as to make 1t treaty of commerce only Adopted. oA'S' Mir. Hereford Dem ), of West Virginia. rom ehe committee on commerce, reported the River and Harbor Appropriation bill which he said appropriated $918, ,677 less than the bill last year. Ordered printed and recommitted, T, A' SSo..yS \As0P.I, oA massachusetts, from the committee on Indian affairs, reported the bill authorizing the sale of the Pawnee reser- vation in Nebraska. Passed.
 Mir. Hunter Oem.), of Virginia, from the committee on Revolutionary pensions, reported M me pill amending the Pension law for the war
 It provides pensions of eight dollars per month for all oficers and enlisted and drafted men, without regard to color, including militia | ana volunteers, who served for ten days in the | military or naval service in the war of 1872, | and to their surviving widows who have been | married prior to 1850. It also directs the res l 'oration to the pension rolls of pensioners struck from the rolls on account of the civil | var. This restoration is to date from May i. 1865. In cases where pensioners have died 'lnce their names were struck from the rolls, he widows are to have the arrearages from he first of May, 1865.
 On motion of Mr. Conger, of Michigan, the ast section was amend by making it read hat the widow of pensioner who had died without his being restored to the rolls shall be 'nttied nut to make claim for the pension, as uch widow, after the passage of this act Tie jill was then passed.