South Branch intelligencer. [volume] (Romney, Va. [W. Va.]) 1830-1896, 1878-06-21

passed making appropriations for the
payment of claims allowed by the COM
wissioners OF claims under act OF Coo
gress CT March ;, 1874. The postoffice
appropriatio III bill. .aS reported by : the
Conference committee. was pasSed. The
deficiency appropriationSbill. which ap.
propriates S6,663.2l5, was PASSED rs it
came from the House. House Joint res
olutiou to provide for the endorsement
of the eight-hour law was postponed
until December next. The select CON-
mittee under the Matthews resolution
was authorized to sit during the sess-
ions of the Senate. House bill provid-
ing for the sale OF the government prop
erty at Harper's Ferry, West Virginia,
was passed.
The House again spent the entire
session on tue civil sundry appropria.
ton bill. and made considerable pro.
gress. The appropriation for the sig
nal service was increased from 1925.
900 to S350.0o0. The paragraph pro-
vidiny for the sale Of the arsenals at
Pittsburg Pa. and Pikesville, Nd,
was striker out. An evening session
! was held, ut which the civil sundry bill
was further considered. - a'9f
The Senate, on the lS.h, disposed Of
the House bill TO repeal tire specie re.
sumption act by adopting substitute
reported by the Senate finance CON-
mittee, which provides that from and
after the passage of the bill United
States notes shall be received the same
as coin in payment OF the four per cent.
bonds now authorized by law 10 be is
sued, aud that on AMI after October 1,
1873. said notes shall be receivable for
duties on imports. That portion of the
bill. as il came from the House. provid-
ing for the repeal of the specie resump-
ton act. forbidding tho retirement OF
U. States notes, etc, was striker out. the
latter subject being covered by another
bill which recently passed A bill was
passed providing that United States
notes shall be received the same as coin
in payment Of the four per cent. bonds,
and after October ], 1878, shall be re.
ceivable for import duties.
| In the House, the conference report
on the postoflice appropriation bill was
agreed To. The civil service bill was
| passed in committee Of the whole, but
when reported to the House many of
the amendments increasing the appro-
| priations for public buildings were strik.
en- out. The House remained in sess.
ion until midnight, finally passing the
civil sundry bill. ~
In tile Senate, on the 1ith, an adj.
verse report was made from the judici-
+, airy committee on joint resolution pro.
l;posing an amendment to the consti-
tuition providing for female suffrage.
| A resolution was passed asking for an
investigation In the case of Edward o.
Nj. Condor, now confined in an English
| prison on the charge ofhaving conspired
to .libcratc certain Fenian prisoners. A
|; bill was passed creating a sinking fund
| for the liquidation of the debt due the GO
| ycrnmcnt by the Kansas Pacific Rail-
road Company. A bill was also passe /
creating u boar,l OF Pacific railroad
! commissioners Charles Francis Adams
tand kibcrt Fink md an officer of
the engineers, TO be named by the Pres
are to be paid $626 each per month.
7 Ia the House, Mr: Bprchard, of Hi
| nois, republican,. .onefea q resolution
I that no sabsclnetft Uongress'ana fteatl,-
GER iIonsc has jurisdiction. to revise the
| action Of the joint meeting ofthe Forty
fourth Congress in declaring the result
OF the la'e presidential election ami
that any attempt by either house to
annul or disregard such action, or the
title TO Office arising tlfcrefrom, woulti
he revolutionary" and is disapproved
by the House. The resolution passed
| by n vote of 2l5 yeas 10 Il nays. Mr..
Partridge, from the Judiciary committee,
then presented an adverse report on the
Kimmel bill, together with n resolution
| declaring that the two houses OF Forty
fourth Congress- having declared the re.
| sult OF the late presidential election,
there is no power in any subsequent
Congress to reverse that declaration
| by the courts Of the United States. or
any other tribunal tl:at Congress can
create under the constitution" Tho
resolution was adopted-yeas 234, nays
Ii.
Both houses of Congress on the 5tl
passed resolution extending the time
for final adjournment from IL NJ. Mon.
day, unti four O'clock on Tuesday af-
tornoon. The army bill also passed
both houses; it fixes the strength o.
the army ut "a, 600 men. The army i:
not TO he used as posse comitatus ex
cept in cases now authorized by the
consultations The Senate also passed
4 House bill increasing the pension oI
Gen. James Shields 20 500 per month
In the House most Of the session wa:
spent in discussing the internal revenue
bili,.and an amendment TO establish an
income tax was voted down-yeas %
nays l9o. Many democrats WHO other
wise would have voted for the PROPOSE
ton voted against it, fearing that 4
would imperil the passage OF tlte bill.
Both hoUses Of Congress on tire 18th
passed resolutions for the appointment
OF committees 10 Investigate tbe presen
depressed condition ofthc country. IN
the senate, the life saving service bill
was passed rs It came from tlIe House
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