Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1878-07-03
THE suNDRY CIVIL BILL.

Chief Provisions Of the Bill, ~ Passed
By Both Houses Of Congress.
The sundry civil appropriation bill. as
agreed upon by the committee OF confer
ence and passed by both houses OF con-
gress, contains the senate provision for
the payment of the fisheries award of
the Halifax commission. The senate
amendment providing for ante-bellum
southern claims is stricken out. The
items for continuing work upon public
buildings at Boston, Philadelphia, Gin
c~innati, Chicago and st. Louis, which
were made $500, 900 each by the house OF
Representative but increased one-thlrd
by the senate, are compromised by the
confidence committee at $350,OOO each.
The senate amendment of 1927, 500 to
construct a building for the printing
and engraving bureau is retained, but
the senate provision for the Pur'
chase of the Freedmen's Bank building
is stricken out. The senate item
of $500, 600 for commencing the north
wing of the new state, war and navy de-
partment building is agreed to, after
reducing to $3.50, 600, and the amount
for continuing work on the east wing is
compromised at 1926, 900. The other
items for public buildings are, al finally
fixed in the bill, asfollows: Evansville,
Ind, $4,000; Grand Rapids, Mich,
$47, 900; Lincoln, Neb., $l2, 800; Topeka,
Kan, $4,000; Memphis, $25, 900; Little
Rock, $4,000; Helena, Montana,
$40, 900; Nashville, $4,000; Parkers-
burg, West Virginia, $4,000; San Fran
cisco, $lO2, 600. The senate provisions
for continuing the Hot Springs commits
sion are retained, after being amended n
sundry matters of detail. The senate
amendment authorizing the president to
detail an engineer officer for service as
commissioner of the District of Colum-
bia, without regard to rank, is stricken
out, 80 the requirement OF the
recently enacted law requiring a
permanent form of government for
the district, that such officer shall
not be below the rank OF captain, re-
mains in force. This excludes Lieut..
Hoxie, present district engineer. All
the senate amendments providing for an
increased number Of life-saving stations
and for salaries of experimenting officers,
created under the Cox bill, are retained.
The senate amendment is retained which
appropriates 5000 for a lighthouse on
Racine point, Lake Michigan. The
senate clause authorizing commercial
rates to be paid for government adver-
Using since April 10, 1877, and hereafter,
is retained. The senate item of $4,000
for the purchase of Washington relics is
stricken out, The conference committee
agreed to the amendment appropriating
$4,000 for erecting an American build
ing at the Paris Exposition. The senate
item of $50, 900 for a military telegraph
line from Bismarck, Dakota, to Fort
Ellis, Montana, is retained. The senate
appropriation of $250,000 to indemnify
states for enrolling and equipping troops
during the late wal is stricken out. The
conference committee agreed to the sell
ate provision for the payment of Capt
Eads for improvement OF the south
pass of the Mississippi. The senate pro
vision for the construction a free bridge
across the Mississippi river near For,
Smelling, Mimi, are all retained. The
senate item of $4,000 to commence
the construction of a dry dock at League
Island, Pa, is wholly stricken out, and
the similar item for Mare Island Navy
Yard is reduced to $75, 900. The senate
appropriation of $4,000 for the compile
ton Of the development of a watel
power at the Rock Island arsenal is re
tanned. The conference cOmmitte,
agreed to the senate amendment provid
ing for a report by the secretary of thu
interior as to the value of lands adjoin
ing the capitol grounds, with a view tt
selecting a site for the proposed new
congressional library building. Th'
clause authorizing the secretary o
J the interior to appoint a com
mission of three persons to visi
the Red Cloud and Spotted Tail Indian
; to confer with them about their per
3 3 manent location, and to provide for thei
: removal. is retained. The senate iten
s appropriating $22O,000 to pay the arrear
Of interest on the Chickasaw Indial
) trust fund bond is agreed to. The senat
: amendments providing for an investiga
, !, ton of diseases of swine and to complet
) the work of the United States Entomo
i logical commission are both retained
5 but reduced in amount to 800, 600 each
The item of $83,333 to pay the balanc
due the Pacific Mail Steamship compan,
tor service in 1866 under the China mai
contract, is stricken out. The deficienc,
item for compensation of postmasters
: reduced from $150,00O to $4,000, AM
. that for def ~ciencies in postal revenues
' reduced from half to a quarter of a mil
: lion. The senate provision for $4,000
for deficiencies in expenes of the Unite'
States Courts is reduced to $4,000.
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