, 1877-02-24
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

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WAan1NGToN. D. G., Feb. G1.-Tho session
was rcaumed at 10 ofclocl; When Mr.. Sargent
called i'm tho Naval Augmentation bill, Tho
.ena".s .op1s.su ns ts1 so"n'ssI. ss,'. "n
Appropriations Wcfo nEseco to- aa 1ollo"a:
tho appropriation for tho pay
OF tho navy from SB,250QoO to $7,o10,OoO;
apn sa.a,u .ha sr,a.,. ~, T"x,,.,, vs"'' m .,o al
.ets'ns sno ttAHs1t y Motsety W NV o'u u
May, 1873; Increasing tho appropriation Tor ex'
pcrimcnta Ut vessels, etc., from 100000 to
k07o. non. and that for contingent expcDecs Of
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tho approximation LOT inc repairs Oh Hawai- hosni
tals, stc, from $i0 900 to 42 oo and that for tho
civil establishment at several naval hospitals
from hi. .o00 10 435. 600. The House appropr.
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aseA Sl,oVVioVo lor ei'o preservation VI 'cessis
In tho stocks. purchase VI material, etc., and In
serted nFovisiou tlIat no nroposnl 70. tnatcr-
tton Of ttlH act slal discriminate against or In
fuvor -of the. production Of any Stale or section
Of the Union Tho Committee on ApproprIa.
tions Of the Semitic reportcd IN anen4Mens lI, ~ TO
increase this appropriation from 8 ,6p Coy to
House btll. .
the Appropriation to 1880 .0o0 md striking Out
tic prosiso In the House blu lwas agreed to.
agreed to as follows; Increasing tho appropria-
tfon for tho bnrua,t>ot Atesr engineering iron,
$8DO,OO0 to $a,W0, 900, making sf,500, 100 Of
amount appropriated for the bureau Of conssruc:
for tt1o bureau OF steam engineering aYaiablca At
once to complete tho work on-hana.
mn amcnimnnt to strike uut Of the House INF
mission OF n!nc numbers to examine into tht
ntcsont cOnuItfo; Of The navy ptc. Agreed IL.
Tho Llll was then reported to the Scilato, and
thr alestiu3, hciur on pbncuTrfng In the amend
tncn{s made in Committee oil. tho Whole,- It WA
laid aside for the tt,no being
Nj. Oglesby called up the HOUSE bill granting
10 tbs City Of Stevens Point {Niseonsfu) ccr,
tain piece Of land. PASSED.
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lion being ur'on concurrEr.g In tho amendments
made In tho Committee Of tftc Whole.
The amendment increasing the appropriation
etc. to k3.50o. Id was co,s,irred in,
. The amendment ma.ls In Cumn,tttco .ot thu
Whole to strike out Of tho House Jill tile clause
providing for tho appointment Of d commission,
ctc,, was concurrcd III. Other amendments
made In Co.nmlttcuedf the Whole were con-
cured in without debate.
passed. -
Thc ssuats theu resumed consideration uf tho
bill to create q slktng fund for the liquidation
OF the indebtedness tiue tho Government by tbs
Pacific Railroad Conpau!es, but It was laid !lside
informally. md tho bill granting the right Of
way to tba Hot Springs Railway COMPANY over
tho Hot Springs reservation, Arkansas, was
After executive ecss!on-the Senate took rut
coss until ~ tomorrow.
HOUSE.
Tho House met At 10 o'clock and went 1ulo
Committee of tho Whole. with Mr. Eden In ti!o
chair, on the Sundry Civil Appropriation BILL
Various amendments wcru adopted for thu pay
ment Of cxpenaes Incurred IN Contested elcstoa
icrson, increasing tho appropriations for Roek
Isand arsenal, were rejected.
AIr. Young moved that *25, 600 Of the $7Som
appropriated for the survey Of tho Northwest;
solely for the survey Of the kisaiasippl, for the
purpose Of rcclaitnfng the oycrfowed lants Of
tho Mississippi delta, liz thouuht tho enter
prise WAS ono Of tho greatest Importance to the
country.
Ms. nolman moycd to further amend by tbs
ceetis oi lie eafo of tho steamers belonging to
Tho surveys Of ths Northern and Northwestern
lakes. Alter discussion, hf. llolmun withdrta
his amendment, md. On ,tlotion ot hts. Coagct,
tho appropriation for the survey Of tho lakes
a,ul iho Mississippi! River was increaaed 10
| $30,0O0
Tho Questlon then recurring on tie amend
ment offered BY Nj. Young, IL WIS ngreed 10.
MIR. Hale offered Oil Atncnllneut making
available Tor surveys by engineers attached e
military III ytetUus and for tho publication Of
mans su,l uharts Tor tho War Department.
$4,000 Of The uncxpendvd apptoriauuua Of
former years.
Pend{ug the. vote, tho Committee Rose, and
now lcgislntlye tlay VIVA begun.
| The Speaker having at1tionellcl Represents
tiycs ~ do tl.elr smoking ia tl,e ejoa}sroout.
Mr. Banks called attention to the dgaf.sisna
I" t. G tho % plnhib!tion Of tic rao of any n.eiths'
disc o1rypt newspapers, within that {ostttoa u
| tho Capltot unJer tho control of tlIc liuutc.
Dcteatcd-7Q 10 ~.
The Senate bills for printing metnoria! q.
latc senator A. r. Capcrton weru passed.
Tho Iloil4a then went into Committee Of the
Whole, with Iii. Buckner In tho chair, On tho
Civil BunIry Augmentation bill, and Mr.. l!alct
stnrnrtfl,rnt wis uIopt9d,. When tho paragraph
referring to public parks In tbs Clsy ot Wass
inEton :was .Icarllel+ AIr. Holman ptferrl ~
| Amendment prohibiting tho Commissioner o.
from,
$4,000 for SECOND ins.alnent for tile stat'io u
/ Adn,trul Farn4gut Passed: