Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1878-02-22

sfe on Saturday last ~ vote Of 4sI
ayes e Fl Gays practically settles TIE
Silver is,ue which has been 50 long
pending 10 Congress and settles 1t. to-.
axainst veto. should : vslD Be iatsn-
ded. The bili. having been amended
in the Senate, goes back 70 the House
for action, but the friends OF the origi-
nal bin in the latter body viii not be
SPIT to antsgonize the amendments -
this might jeopardize the safety Of The
measure BY the inevitable delay II would
cause. II is likely. therefore, that tie
House win promptly accept the amend
ments on The principle lat q bird in
hand Is worth two in bush and that ball
a loaf is better that no bread At slls--
We giss below the full text Of the bill
As passed in the Senate. with the ayes
and noeson the final passage;
An Act 10 auihoriEe the coinage Of the
standard silver dollar, and TO restore
It's Iegal.tender character.
Be n enacfed, &C., That there shall
be coined, al the several mints OF the
| United States, silver dollars Of the
weight Of 4l21 grains Troy Of standard
silver. a. provided in the act Of Janua-
nv 18th, 1887, On which shall be the de-
vices and representations provided by
said act; winch coins. together With AL
the silver dollars heretofore coined By
the United States Of like weight and
fineness, shall be legal tender at their
nominal value, for all debts and dues,
pubic and private. except where other
wise expressly stipulated in the con-
tract. And the Secretary Of the Treas
ury Is authorized and directed to pur-
chase, from time TO time. silver bullion,
at the market price thereof, not less than
$4,000, 900 worth per month, nor more
than O., 900, 900 worth per month, and
cause the same to be coined monthly as
fast rs so purchased into such dollars;
and . sum sufficient 10 carry out the
foregoing provision ishereby aPproPria-
ted out Of any money in the Treas.
ury not otherwise appropriated. And
any gain or seigniorage arising from
this coinage shall be accounted for and
paid into the Treasury, As provided un-
der existing laws relative 60 the subsi.
diary coinage: PTovided, That the
amount OF money at any one slime In
vested in such silver bullion, exclusive
of such resulting coin, shall not exceed
q. 600. 600: find provided further
That nothing in this act shall be con
strued to authorize the payment IN sil
yer of certificates of deposit issued un
der the provisions Of section 254 OF thu
Revised Statutes.
| SEC. Q That immediately after tn
passage Of this act the President shall
invite the governments Of the countrle.
composing the Latin Union, .so-cslled
and Of such other European nations a
Ne NAV deem advisable. tojoin the UNI
led States irs conferences 20 adopt
common ratio a. between gold and sil
yer, for the purpose Of establishing. IN
Z t,7-eAie~eusribg use Of bl-metallic mon
between those metals; such conferenc,
to beheld at such place ia Europe O
in the United States at such time with
in six months as may be pssE, lls-.~-s--
upon by the executives OF the govern
ments joining in the same, wheneve
the governments so invited or any thre,
of them, shall have signified their vii
Iingness to unite in the same. Tn,
President shall, by and with the advic'
and consent of the Senate, appoint tire,
commissioners, who shall attend sucl
conference on behalf Of the Unite,
States, and shall report the doings there
OF to the president, who shall TRANSMIT
the same to Congress. Said commits
ssoners shall each receive the sum o
two thousand FIVE hundred dollars an.
their reasonable expenses, 10 be sp
proved by the Secretary Of State; an,
The amount necessary 10 pay such com
| pensation and expenses Is hereby ap
propnated out Of any money in thu
Treasury not otherwise appropriated.
1 SEC. 3. That any holder OF the coil
authorized by this act may deposit The
same with the Treasurer or any assis
tant treasurer Of the United States, II
sums not less than ten dollars, and re
ceive therefore certificates Of not les,
than Ten dollars each. corresponding
with the denominations Of the Unite6
States notes. The coin deposited for Of
REPRESENTING the certificate shall BE-
retained In the Treasury for the pay
meEt Of the same on demand. Sale
certificates shall be receivable for Gus.
toms, taxes and all public dues, aud
when SO res eived, may be reissued.
SEC. 4. All acts and parts OF acts in.
consistent with the provisions Of this acl
are hereby repealed.
YEAs-Messrs. Allison, Armstrong
Bailey. Beck, Booth Bruce, Cameron d
Pa, Cameron Of Wis.,, ChaGee, Cock.
rell, Coke, Conover. Davis Of H., Da.
Wis w, Va, Dennis. Dorsey, EnstIs, Fer.
try, Garland, Gordon, Grover, Hereford
Howe. Ingalls,. Johnston. Jones Of Fla,
Jones Of New, kellogg. Kirkwood. Nc.
lCreery, Mcdonald, Mcmillan. Mat
thews, Maxey. Merrimon, Morgan. Og.
lesby, Paddock. Plumb, Salisbury, Saun-
ders, Spencer, Teller, Thurman, Voor.
bees, Wallace, Window and Withers
Is.
NAYs-Messrs. Anthony, Barnum,
Bayard, Blaine, Burnside. Chnssiancy,
Conkling. Dawes. Edmunds. Hamlin,
Hoar, Herman, Lamar, Mcpherson,
Mitchell. Morrill,. Randolph, Rollins.
Sargent. Wadleigh and Whyte--2l
Messrs. Butler and Patterson and Hill
and Harris were paired. Messrs Es-
ton, Ransom and sharon were absent.