The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1878-05-11

Aliou or S3o.oJo dollars additional 10
fees TO examining surgeons In order {,
enable committees 10 secure the servi
ces OF physicians of standing.
The secretary of the treasury invite
sut scriptiOns 10 the four per cent. loan
upon the same terms n offered To III,
public in July, 1877, namely, suhscrip,
tion upon deposit Of two per cs ut, viii
be allowed ninety days to complete ia,
payment; al the expiration Of ninety
days the bonds viii be Issued on re-
ceipt o! ninety eight per cent, prinoi.
pal aud interest accrued 10 that dste
and one~fourth OF one per cent comni-
sion on all subscriptions for one thou.
sand dollars and over will be allowed
House-Bill introduced by Mr. Fort
to indemnify Illinois and other states
in regard TO swamp lands.
by Mir. Phillips, to enable the SOL
diers of the late war to preempt land
TO the extent of one hundred and sixty
acres.
BY Mr.. &OTison, To amend the
law i'll regard To the tax on native
wines.
| Mr.. shelly, at the request OF Messrs.
I Mobbins q Tucker, moved To suspend
the rules and pass the bill reducing tax
on suutf aud on chewing and smoking
| tobacco 10 sixteen cents per pound; ou
cigars five dollars per thousand, and Oh
cigarettes, weighing not more than
three half ponds y the th"u-tud.
| The motion WAS not agreed l., yeas
one hundred aud twenty, nsy- one
| hundred and fifteen, not tWu-tnifd-
voting in the affirmative.
Tae house then proceeded to cousiI.
er the bill establishing permanent
| form OF government for the District of
Columbia. The bill ia it, amended
form removes property qualification Ia
regard to commissioners and memi,ers
OF council, and abolishes the poll tax.
II also pioyi les for the payment uf in-
terest of thres-siS;y-i bonds, but
| declares thst nothing in the act shall
/ be construed "a Al acknowledeinsu ut nf
any liability Oh the part Of the United
| states To pay principal otherwise than
a. provided ia theset for issuance OF
| those bonds.
| MIR. Cox, OF Ohio, offered an amend
mont requiring that the ecpmmissiOn. T.
shall be appointed 10y the pre-ideui, 10y
and with the advice Of the senate.
Mr.. Townsend, Of Illinois, offered AL
amendment requiring the election oi
commissioners ny joint ballot of the
seLHte and house.
\ long discussion eusuei Oh these
amendments and on the bill generally.
which prOYides for three commission
err, one Ri engineer officer above the
rank Of captain, TO be app1inte,i 10y
the president, one 10 DC elected 10y the
senate, and the third To be elected In
the house.
Mr. TowDseDd's amendments wa,
rejected. Amendment offered by MT
Cox, OF Ohio, Wac also rejected. Yea,
eighty> >fouF, nays hundred aud thirty
five.
Mr.. Foot moved TO strike oui ID,
words authorizing the pres dent To- de
tail officers of engineer corps 90 TIA,
army IA one of the commissioner
aud to iusert the words "a dire citing thA
one of the commissioners shslI lie q
competent engineer" Rejected, iiny
four 20 nineiy-seveD.
Mr.. Duunell moved to amend the
clause requiring the two elected com
missioners to have been actual reel
dents of the district ten year,, oy mak.
ing it five years. Agreed TO.
The commissioners hmerdmen
striking out the property qualification
clause for mem bers of the council Wa
agreed to; also, striking out clause re-
quiring voters TO have paid poll tax.
, The committee also reported al
amendment limiting tie vote OF tax
, atioE Ia one dollar sBd seventy-hv
7 cents per one hundred dol lars of rea
and personal property.
-hAs E-olhHFl ~ AA
limit two dollars.
Mr.. Cox, of New York, and sir. Cox
of Ohio, suggested that two dollar
rate would produce two million dSllar
, year. and that therefore eongrer
: would be called upon To appropriate
, like sum, therefore would be TO 81
courage increased expenditures
| In the course OF the discussion oi
this point, the question OF the liabiiit
! of the government for the ,hree-sixty
). FIVE bonds came up, Mr.. Black bur
: insisting that under the existing la
/ the government was liable for iutere-
= but was not liable for the priucipA
4 aud Mr.. Cox, of OHIO, and Mr.. Cox, 4,
e New York. denying the liability Of IL
Il government for either principal or il
teres'. without disposiDg Of the que
It ton the house adjourned
!; The house committee on educatio
n and labor, to-day agreed npon bi
= making IL n misdemesnor for n mast.
q OF a vessoi TO TAX more than iifee
Il Chinese passenger, male OF female
,e the United States. after January
1879.
,r The committee also agreed on a b
D. authorizing the distribution TO pusl
libraries Of one copy Of every doc
> ment Published for public Distribute
Of by congress.
Ie The president nominated stephen
TO Parker, of Louisiana. consul at Live
ly pool; Lncius Fsirchild, of Wisconsi
g consui general At Paris; Horace
At Sames, Of Indiana, consul at Turks
\. land John Vsrgin, postmaster,
)" FAirburry, Illinois.
-n a Collin Criminal Csagbs.
ns A few days since, Sheriff Moon I
Mt ceived . cApias from Collin county
to the arrest Of man named NJ. q. T
ha tan. chafging him with eviaditf