The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1878-06-26
The Work of Congress.

SUMMARY OF THE PROVISIONS
OF THE PRINCIPAL ACTS OF
THE SESSION NOW CLOS.
ING. : :
4 Long List of Bills from Which q
new Tariff Act IS Consplcuously :
Absent.
Special to the World.
WASHINGTON, June 1.-THE adjournment
of Congress Tomorrow after a session OF very
exciting debate, II not OF SO important or
wise action ns might have been desired,
makes OF interest a review OF its work. or
At t. extra session, called October IL, 1877,
but one or two bills Of any consequence were
passed, the principal n being that making
appropriations for the sIYg 1 or Of t the a ea11sy
in the Forty.fourth Congress on account OF
the Senate's refusal to accept the section pro-
hibiting the use Of the army In the Southern
The bill, which was ultimately aP-
proved November Il, l877, omitted that Sec
ton. but included a provision that cavalry
regiments might be recruited to 100 men In
company, and that q sufficient force
Should be employed Syral,d for the he. defense Zen sr on ,Ss
strength should not exceed 5000 men. The
Army Appropriation bill for 1859 leaves the
strength unchanged, but reduces the allow
ance for quarters and abolishes all extrn al
as those for fuel and forage. There
are to be no promotions during the year on
the staff, nor on the line above the grade OF
captain. The force on the Texan border re;
and the posSe c0mHdfus section II aoueu
declaring that It shall not be lawful to EN-.
executing the laws, except where such EN-.
ployment may be expressly authorized oy
the Constitution or act OF Congress; Inc
money appropriated shall not be used to pay
wilfully violating the act shall be pun
ished by a fine not exceeding $4,000. or I'M
prisonment 70. not more than two years, or
cupied during the last Congress Is thus ap-
proved. For the navy for the year ending
June 50. 1878, a Deficiency Appropriation act
provides $l,446,ess.le for pay $Sil,o5s.6 for
for the incoming fiscal year. ap~propriates for
pay (active list) S, 81, s75; retired list, S840. 400;
construction and repairs, 81 500 900; steam en-
cheering, 100000 Naval Academy, S12.5so;
si5O,O 600. After July There will be no appoint
Of clerks or secretaries from civil life:
those on a cruise are to continue till the cruise
Is ended.
On the financial question the first act was
that passed over the Presidents veto Feb
ruary d, 1878, making the silver dollar OF 4l2115
grains illegal tender, except where expressly,
stipulated by contract. To the International
Monetary Conference to establish o bl-metal.
Messrs. W. s. Groesbeck, F. A. Walker and
Reuben E. Fenton, has been appointed. The
act further provided for the issue OF silver
Tse aes ef S sssea 8 on pno SfBHs,is tho S' c ssIxsl SGeai
and retirement after that date OF legal ten
ders, and provided for the reissue of notes re-
deemed or received into the Treasury under
further coinage Of the aScent Silver piece.
The Pacific Railroad legislation comprises
the act approved May z. providing for the II.
quotation OF the Central and Union Pacific
February l annually there shall be carried to
the credit Of the Sinking Fund for this pnr-
pose one-half Of the compensation for services
rendered to the Government by the Central
the company adding 81, So, 900, or so much Of
the sum as Is necessary to make up the 5 per
cent. of its net earnings payable to the United
States under the act Of 1857, and the whole
rendered to the United States, together with
the sum by this act required to be paid,
amount to Is per cent. OF the whole net earn
Ings for the year ending r on the sI st 81 De e. a.
pay In one-half Of the compensation for SER
Vices to the Government, and $S5O,OO0 or SO
much Of 1t as is necessary to make up the Q
per cent; Of the net earnings. Penalties are
provided and the reservation Of Congress to
The Indians are by the Army Appropria.
ton bill left under the charge OF the Depart
propriatcs for the bureau FOR the next fiscal
year about SS, OO0, 900. The Sioux for their sup
port and civilization receive Sl.l25.0Oo, o
which not exceeding $780, Q will be used To
Tall to convenient points within the Sioux
reservation and for their settlement thereon.
An act approved May 5 provides for the con.
solidation Of the Colorado Utes In n agency
the White River and the extinguishment
in that State.
The bankrupt law Is repealed by h act o.
June 7, tho repeal taking effect September l,
s srier =, tn whisS da aed not pe Seine saa IN eas IN Geq re!
spect Of all pains. penalties and forfeitures
under existing acts before Septem:
Der !, or thereafter, under ger my pr1v saasds oO OF
tinue in full force and eject I'LL the cases are
fully disposed OF. .
or acts affecting navigation, one approved
April % provides that when q vessel leaves IN
offlcer Of the United States at that
port shall Immediately give notice TO the
Marine Hospital service, which shall make
quarantine rules, not In conflict with State
PRODUCTION Of any c~ontagion. Local officials
can be clothed with the powers Of United
States officers on application OF State or nlu.
nicipal authorities.
LII Vic oko NbSoGAA% WI NSV
changes were made by the act OF June 4. The
mission to Greece was accidentally omitted
and q new one TO Columbia provided for, with
q minister resident at 81 t5oo; AZ consular oi.
OF tho Treasury as often as may be required
prices current OF articles usually exported TO
the United States from the places at which
they are stationed. -.
or acts concerning the District of Columbia,
that OF April % forblds the sole here of policy
or lottery tickets under penalty OF nne or Inn
prisonment; another provides that deeds,
law are entitled TO be recorded in the Office OF
the Recorder OF Deeds shall only take effect
from the time they ore delivered to him for
record; and another appropriates $4,000 for
the relief OF the District schools during Inc
In the postal service the act Of May II regu.
lates the advertising Of mail lettings. Before
making contracts for inland mail ~transporta-
Postmaster.Genera is to advertise for pro-
posals once a week for six weeks In not more
than ten State or territorial newspapers.
Contracts are not to take place In less than
sixty days after the first publication sub
letting or transferring contracts is not per-
mitted without the Postmaster-Generals
consent. and In lawful cases OF this sort the
department shall retain enough to pay the
s~ub-contractor. unless there is SATISFACTORY
evidence hat he has been paid. The Post
master-Gcneral may, where It is desirable.
make contracts for not more than four years
transport by water OF mails between Ameri.
can ports, but no contracts lor new water.
than q year, or than two years, when. they are
to foreign ports. unless otherwise ordered by
Congress-
notices Of contest under homestead, tree cul.
ture or preemption laws shall be published
in q newspaper In the county where the land
in contest Is situated. Another provides that
where @ person has made o settlement under
H. n-~-.-->~ 1nry and cnhonnII0nf / %
changed his filing to that for q homestead
entry upon the same tract, he shall be enti'
tied to have tho time to perfect his title I'M
der the Homestead law computed from the
emptIon laws. subject to all the provisions Of
the law relating to homesteads The act Of
June l allows Homestead settlers on public
lands whose crops were injured BY grasshop-
abandoned lands without their origina! rights
being affected. The act OF June 8 authorizes
citizens Of Colorado, Nevada n the Terrific.
ries to fell and rcmove timber on the public
domain for mining and domestic purposes,
the provisions Of the act not extending ia
railroad corporations, and penalties being
provided wher timber Is cut on the public
domain not in accordance with the terms Of
the act. Another act allows Sitisens IN Gaii'
ritory TO buy unsurvcyed public lands not IN.
cluded within any reservations in quantities
not exceeding l6O acres to any one person 81
$3.50 per acre.
All works ofart imported for permanent ex'
hibition or the Improvement OF the arts OF
science will. under the act OF June 6, be I'D
mitted free, though individuals must give
bonds to pay the duty in case the articles
should be sold. Another act OF June 8pro'
vides that section 1889 Of the Revised Statutes
shall not be construed as prohibiting terrific
rial assemblies nom creating municipal cor
necessary to their local administration by
either general or special acts, nothing In the