The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-03-28

AEO l. OhODA
fund bill YVES resumed, and y Mcdonald,
a member of the judiciary Committee,
spoke in favor OF the bill reported BY that
commit :.
He reviewed at length the Pacific rail
road acts of 1862 and 1864, the bonds and
lands received by those companies, &c, and
arsued that the companies had not provi-
del for the payment Of the debt due the
Government. He referred to the decision of
the Supreme Court of the United States,
that the companies need not pay the
interest until the maturity of the debt, and
said the United States every year would pay
out for interest on account of the Union
Pacific railroad 81 600, 600 over and above
the amount received back from the half
transportation account and five per cent.
fund, so that the Government would pay
out 50, 100000 by the time the debt matur-
ed. The amount added to the present ar
rears Of the company would make total
of S.9,O3l OH. On account of the Central
Pacific Railroad Company the Government
would pay out for interest every year
81, Ill $40, which in twenty-five years be-
fore the maturity of the debt will amount to
WHICH, aous ,, 10 ,he Pfeser ar
rears Of the company will make the total in
debtedness due the Government So, 163, 9I3.
He spoke of the power of Congress to
make provision for the payment of this
money which had only been loaned TO the
companies 1t was not money given to
them Any measure to compel the compa-
nv 10 pay the money would be Just. The
loan stockholders had no right to dividends
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the unsurveyeI lands Of fer;ss only and as
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then being on the amendment of the com.
mittee on Approximations as amended by Mr..
Beck. it was agreed 10: ayes. A.: navs. 4
Messrs. Bavard. Cameron. Mississippi; Ker-
nan and WadIeigh only voting in the mega
tive
Mr. PIJ-NR submitted an amendment
,nnronr;,,;pg 500 OOO for railway mail
accents and nost,I CLERKS and in cxplana-
tion thor. II did tho ,nnronr;,,;op was
necessarv for ,bo r,.;I serr;ce pn !, number
Of new Western and southern routes He
read a Letter from the Postm ,ster. General
favor;no tho ,nnronr;.,;on
Mr. WUYTEr.;seJ |. no;n, of order that
the amendment mot HAVING been considered
! hv the COMMITTEES conlJ nc, ba Submitted N
the general ,nnronr;,t;on The noint oi
o-5er w,s oyorrnIad
After , debate tho amendment, was ,don.
tod yeas "a. nav 10
Several mo,;ons for an oxoou,;re sess;o,
.nd 20 aSiorr,, NO., Jofaa,oJ
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0ob 90 eio 900
NJ WITD0,f n,orsd 70 Low tho ,uend-
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26.
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SabataP Tha hi was ,ben renor,ed 70 tbs