The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1877-11-06

| OF adopting the resolution offered by Mr..
Kelly, OF Pennsylvania, last Friday, provid-
Ing for the removal Of the bill from the
|morning.hour consideration from day to
day until Thursday OF next week, with the
agreement that the final vote shall then be
taken. twas also determined to move the
adoption OF another resolution, under sus-
pension Of the rules to-day, to take from the
Banking aud Currency Committee the bill
which they have agreed upon fortfe reno
netiZation OF silver, and assign II for 'consid-
Grafton by the House Immediately after the
repeal bill shall have been disposed OF.
Judge Buckner, chairman OF the commit
tee, viii offer the latter resolution. The
House has, by vote OF 14S to 4S, made the
resumption-repeal bill the special order for
thereafter, when the previous question is to
be ordered and the vote on the1bii taken.
The following Is the text OF the bill g:
Section /. There shall be coined at the
several mints OF the United States silver dol
lars Of the weight. OF 412s grains troy Of
standard silver, as provided In the act Of
January 1S, 1885, on which there shall be
the devices and representations provided by
said act; which coins, together with all sill
yer dollars heretofore coined by the United
States of,like weight and fineness, shall be a
| legal tender, at their nominal value, for all
debts and dues, public and private,
except, where otherwise provided by con-
tract :. and any owner'of silver bullion may
deposit the same at any United States COIN
age mint or assay office to be coined into
such dollars for his benefit upon the same
terms and conditions as gold bullion is de-
posted for coinage under existing law. q,
/" Section 2. All acts and parts OF acts in
consistent with the provisions of this act
are hereby repealed. ['I 49,. .'.,;,.,t
C.. THE MIssIssIPPI-LEyEE BILL. r-t,,4
The Mississippi-river ..leyee bill, intro
duced into the. House OF Representatives
by Mr. Young, OF Tennessee, provides,
first, that 40 much of the States OF Missouri,
Illinois. Tennessee, Arkansas: Mississippi,
tand Louisiana, rs are subject to overflow
shall constitute district: to be knownra as
Leyee District of the Mississippi Valley
| :" Second. For the creation OF a Board OF
Leyee Commissioners; to be constituted OF
three officers Of the Army Engineer corps,
detailed by the, General of,the Army~-one of
the rank of lieutenant-colonel and two OF the
rank OF captain am Two civilians appointed
BY the President and confirmed by the SEN
ate. The army officers to receive only the
pay allowed them by law; and the civilians q!
Board to take charge OF and continue the
survey now being made Of tile Mississippi
river and its tributary STREAMS, for the pnr-
pose Of determining the proper method Of
reclaiming aIluvial lands OF the Mississippi
delta, and the cost Of The same. =. :;% III.
: Third. The Secretary Of the Treasury
shall issue the bonds Of the Government
running thirty years, and !, bearing interest,
Of four per cent. per annum, to the amount
OF $45, Zoo, 600. the proceeds OF which when
sold shall be applied to the construction OF
such works for the protection OF the over
flowed district as may be recommended by
the Board Of LeTee Commissioners. A tax
is to be levied upon all the lands reclaimed
from the overfiowed and upon the tom
mage OF all vessels navigating the
streams insnthe Levee District. This tax
is to constitute Il sinking fund for the pay
ment and interest OF the bonds and the cost
and expense Of keeping the leyees in re-:
pair; the bill not to take effect until the
States inthe Levee District shall cede TO the
Federal Government the, power and iuris-
disction to carry into effect the provisions OF
the bill. ,'....,.,.,,.,
Observation-Disclosures IN THE SENATE
CHAMBER.
r. Colonel Blackburn, OF Kentucky, de-
clines the place on: the Committee on the
Pacific Railroads Uice Potter, resigned, 80
The Committee on Foreign Affairs oil, the
House considered the oprlations for the
Paris Exposition. seq; y c.~'"h H.. ~
= Some Washington specials represent SEN
ator Blaine's condition as serious. ~. ..,.-':t
! Colonel French, rgeant-at-arms, had the
Senate chamber and its approaches taste
fully decorated with emblems OF mourning
for Morton. ;.,.:*'" - - =, a..
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