The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1877-02-08


| said the matter unfinished business, and
must lay over The uouse then took a recess un-
til 10 O'Clock tomorrow.
Senate.
FRIDAY, February "A bill was
passed relating to public accounts. 1t provides
that all claims against the United States. which
counting officers of the treasury the heads OF
any department of business authorized to ex-
anime and decide, shall be b AIRED un.ess prose
cuted within SIX years from the time the same
occurred. Ia explanation of the bill SHERMAN said
the chief object of it to statute imIta-
tons DO that claims against the government could
not be presented after six years Several private
bills we're then passed, and a recess was taken until
IL ociock tomorrow.
FRIDAY. February 2.-After receiv-
ng and referring several bills and resolutions, the
House went into Committee of the Whole on the
legislative appropriation eill The bill appropri
ates 4, ls6, l55.su An amendment striking out
the pacsgraph hxing the compensation of senators
At "a, 50o agreed to II gave potce that he
would call for separate vote in the House to see 4
ii would concur in the extraordinary vote of the
Commtee-extraordinary bscaus- the House, with
almost unaniniity, less that y ar ago, decided
that 81, $40 was reasonab le an sufficient compen
sation. Foster said the que tion had en- s tiled
last year IN conference lnlttee, and the House
should stand up nanfu lily for what it knew would
be the action of the two houses debate then
followed on economy aud reduction Of expendi-
lures, after whicn the committee rose, aud the
mouse tOOk TcCcsS uulil To- IL JTIOW UOEuluB.
Senate
SATURDAY, February 3.-The creden-
tials of Senator'S Divs and Sanders from West
Virginia and Nebraska were presented and fled =. :.
Jui int resolutions of the Minnesota legislature in
favor of law giving bounty for destruction of
garsshoppers and their egg were referred Ham,
hin submitted an amendment to the posioffice sp-
preparation bill appropriatng $500O.0 for steamship
mail service between San Francisco, Japau and
China for one year. and auth orizing contract with
the Pacific Mail Steamship Co, for such service.
BE also submitted amend ment aprroprlating
$780, from the revenues and postoficas obtain
proper facilities from trunk lines for railway post
Office service. Alter a brief executive session
recess was tax IN until Monday.
House.
SATURDAY, February 3.-The House
went into Committee of the Whole on the legisla-
tive, judiciary and executive appropriation bill.
motion was made to am end b, fixing the salary of
the President at S)0,uS0 instead of 81 - 0, as pro-
yided in the bill, and quorom not being prtseut
it was agreed to take ote in the House. With
out coming to any concl usion the committee at
1l:50. aud the house, after prayer, ordered the
Florida report to be considered Oh whatever day
the first journal should be read, and again went
into Committee OF the w hole the legislative
appropriation bill. Am endments fixing the
were agreed TO. The amenoment increasing the
compensation of the President to $50 900 was re-
jecteo by yeas Al, nays 126. The bill then passed
The Speaker laid before the message
from the President on the financial question,
which was referred to the committee ON ways and
means. Recess until Monday.
senate.
MONDAY, February 5.-The Senate
convened at 10 o'clock, but recess continued
till noon The bill appropriating s35, ,0)D to pro-
vide for the deficiency in the Office for public print
ing and binding during the current fiscal year,
passed. ingalls, gave notice that, the
Senate was full he would call for vote on the bill
abolshing the Metropolitan Police Board of the
District Columbia not outstanding the objections
of the President -. Consideration then resumed
of the bill TO amend the Pacific Railroad acts to
create sinking fund for the q Idarion of the in
debtedness due the government by the Pacific Rail-
road Company, Christiancv speaking in favor of
the bill reported by the Judiciary committee and
against that of the Railroad Committee. At the
conclusion of Christiancys remarks few private
bills were considered, and after an executive
sion the Senate took recess till Tuesday.
MONDAY rouf'Iary v.-rno Ioo~so
was prolonged till 1l:5O A. NJ, when Banning pre-
sented petition from % banking ins buttons in
Cincinnati for the repeal Of the law taxing banks.
Cox offered the following: Resotred, That the
rules of the house be so amended that during the
counting of the electoral vote, and when the house
is not required to be eDgag therein, it shall, on
assembling every calendar day, after recess from
the day preceding, proceed after Ia O'Clock NJ,
with it's busine though the legislative day had
expired by adjournment. AT 1850 recess was
taken till next day.