Connecticut western news., 1876-05-12
FORTY.FOURTH CONGRESS.
The Business of General Interest Tran.-
 acted.

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 acted.
 Mir. Sherman (Rep.), of Ohio, reported back with amendments the concurrent resolution to secure uniformity ln gold coin, moneys and accounts between the United States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Placed on the calendar.
 On motion of MT. Merrill (Rep), of Maine, the Senate insisted on its amendment to the Deficiency Appropriation bill, and agreed to the conference asked for by the House. Messrs. Morrill, (Me.) Allison and Davis were appointed members of the conference commit tee on the part of the Senate.
 The Chair laid before the Senate the Consul lar and Diplomatic Appropriation bill, with the message of the House ol Representatives TO- fusing to concur in the Senate amendment to that bill. MT. Sargent (Rep.), of California, moved that the Senate insist upon it's amend | ment, and ask for 8 committee of conference and the Chair appointed Messrs. Sargent, Frelinghuysen and Withers members of the | committee.
 Mr. Sherman (Rep.) ), of Ohio, called up the House joint resolution explanatory of the law | allowing the commissioner of internal revenue to issue special tax stamps to persons carrying on the business of retail dealers in | liquor, tobacco etc., upon railroad trains and steamboats. Passed.
 Mir. Boutwell, (Rep), of Massachusetts in- troduced bill, authorizing the secretary of l the treasury to renew the issue of fractional l Cu1IouCy, pTOVluluS Cu6t tue tOthl amount out standing at any one time shall not exceed $5,- 100000. Referred.
 The District Tax bill, as amended by Mir. Meals substitute providing a tax of one and one-haf per cent. on all property, real and personal, was passed.
 MT. Lawrence CRep.), Of Ohio. from the l judiciary committee, submitted & report in re- lation to the Pacific railroads, proposing & bill requiring them to create sinking fund to pay at maturity the principal and interest of the subsidy bonds issued to them by the govern | ment Recommitted.
 The House went into committee of the whole on the Legislative and Executive Ap- propriaJion bill.
 Mir. Piper Dem.), of California moved to amend the item for the San Francisco mint by increasing he appropriati n for wages from $225, 900 to $627, ,000.
 MT. Randall moved to amend the amend ment by providing that the rate of wages paid at tn San Francisco mint shall not exceed those at the Philadelphia mint by more than twenty-five per cent. following fifteen per cent. for the difference between paper and gold, and ten per cent. for the cost of iving). Agreed to.
 Motions to insert an item of $l4, ,OOO to carry on an assay office in the mint buildings at New Orleans, and an item of $4, 900 for the mint of Charlotte, N. O., after a long discussion were adopted. An item of $5, 900 was also inserted for an assay office at Boise City.
 The question of the compensation of Terri torial judges (ixed in the bill at $2, 500) gave rise to discussion, most of the speeches being against the Utter inadequacy of that compen- sation. MT. Cannon, of Utah, illustrated it by the statement that the Territorial government of Utah made an appropriation to increase the compensation of the United States judges
 who acted there in dual capacity.
 Mir. Hoar (Rep.), of Massachusetts, express ed his astonishment at MT. Cannon's state ment, and intimated that any Federal judgo who received compensation from any out ide source deserved impeachment, and offered an amendment forbidding Territorial judges to accept any compensation except that provide by Congress. Agreed to.
 Mr Holman (Dem.) ), of Indiana, reported the Post-otfice Appropriation bill. It contains appropriations for mail depredations and special agents, $110, 900; for post route maps,
 $20,0 900 for advertising, $25 GOO and provides
 that the postmsster-g general shall cause an
 advertisement of the mail lettings of each
 State aud Territory to be posted up in each
 post-ofhce therein, to be posted conspicuously
 for at least sixty days before the time of such
 letting, but no other advertisement of such
 lettings shall be required; compensation to
 postmasters, $6 500, 900, and to clerks, $3 290 =
 GOO; for payments to letter carriers, $1, ,65O,-
 GOO. provided that hereafter the free delivery
 system shall not be established in cities of less than 40, 900 inhabitants where now established by law; fufanland transportation, $14, 800, 900
 for transportati 0n of foreign mails, $220, 900
 for balances due foreign countries, $50, 900.
 If the revenue of the Post-oM @ department shall be insufficient to meet the appropriations made by the bill, then the sum of s2, ,6SO, 9O6 is hereby appropriated. For steamship service between San Francisco, China and Japan, $250,0 900. The amount recommended to be appropriated by the bill is as follows: For general service of the Post-ofice department, $31 .089 109 for steamship service, $250, 900 for official postage stamps for the use of the Post-office department $S50,000; total, $32
 1S9, 109. The above amount is to be provided R~- III. kk ~R- Al>z
 partment, estimated at $29, ,258, POS {; by appro- a priations for deficiency o 1t of the treasury
 $2, csc, ,906; by irect appropriations out oi the treasury, $250 000 The total amount re- commended by thls bill is less than tue esti
 mates therefor in the tum of $5, 750 69699.
 The House went into committee of the whole on the Legislative and Executive Appropria ] tion bil All the items for surveyor general, B were, on motion of MT. Randall, struck out o
 the bill.
 On motion of Mir. Caldwell (Dem.) of Ala 8 bama the salary of the commissioner of agri . culture was raised from $2, 700 to $3 900. O! 7 motion of Mir Holman an additional paragrap' - was added, making it the duty of the comm's t sioner to collect agricultural stats ics, and t' 0 compile the same, and to publish monthl. il | statements thereof.
 4 The House proceeded to vote on the ariou amendments to the Legislative Appropriation B bill. All thoeo Amt ndments on which sepa n rate vote was not asked were agreed to Il V, bulk The first amendment on which a sel a 9 rate vote taken was one offered by Mir It Hurlbut (Rep.), of Illinois, increasing tn 8 compensation of Territorial judges fron s $2, 2,500 to $S, 900. Rejected-39 to 19. 1 The next vote was on the amendmen It offered by Mr. Caldwell (Dem. ), of Alabams g appropriatng $3, 900 for the collection of agri e cultural statistics. Rejected. The section transferring the Indian burea II from the Interior department to the War de d partment was struck out of the bill, and the 70 the bill was passed-yeas, POS nays, IT. ,- Mir. Randall offered the following amend
 ment to rule 5, saying that he did so at th l. special request of the speaker Provided D. that in case of the personal illness of tn
 of speaker pro tem.) for 8 period not exceed
 ing ten days, with the approval of the Hous B. at the time the same is made.' The amend ,d ment was agreed to.
 Ill Mr. Scales (Dem.) of North Carolina chai Ss man of the committee on Indian affairs, r' l. ported 8 bill sppropriating $5,000 for th if subsistence of the Apache Indians in Arizon'
 Passed
 le Mr. Hopkins (Dem.), of Penr sylvania, il ad troduced bill relating to the punishment ( Id witnesses adjudged to be in contempt by eitht ; House of Congress.
 lA MT. Holman (Dem.), of Indiana, moved .. bill to repeal so much of the resumption act 10 authorizes the redemption and cancellation ,a United States notes and the sale Of Unite ~ States bonds for the accomplishment of tn, 10 purpose. Reiected-yeas, 115 nays, III gn not Gwo-thirds in the affirmative. ,r. Mir. Morrison (Dem. ), of Illinois, moved , resolution directing the several committees the House charged with investigations, to col oy duct such Investigations with open door nd except when in the opinion of such comu. lit te he the public interest will be prtjudiced thereb
 and that any person accused before . commi MI tee shall have the right to be heard in his ov re person, or by counsel, or both. Adopted. AA -