Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-05-11
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CONGRESSIONAL.

WASHINGTON, MAY toulouse
Garfield, from the Committee on
Rules reported a resolution amend
ing the rules of the House so as to
provide that bills touching the rev.
enus and public debt reported from
the Committee on Ways and Means
may be made separate order by
q majority vote; also q resolution
providing that all bills originating
In the Senate which appropriate
money, lands or property OF the
United States shall have their first
consideration in the Committee of
the Whole and all Senate amend
ments to House bills not german
to the subject matter of the bill as
passed by the House shall have the
same consideration. Ordered
printed and laid over fer further
consideration.
The Speaker then called on Com
mittees for reports of private ma
tur
Wood introduced a bill providing
that indebtedness of the United
States to importers for excess of de.
posits for uuascertained duties or
other money paid under protest,
when ascertained under the provis.
ions of law, should be paid regard
less of the time of the original pay
ment thereof, with interests and
costs legally due, under sections
$50 and 966 of the Revised Statutes,
from the permanent annual appro-
priation for that purpose in section
3,69S. Referred.
The Committee on Naval EX-
penditures presented the testimony
taken by that Committee, accom-
panied by resolutions recommend
ing all appropriation of S3,217, 1856
for the payment of certain claims
against the Navy Department and
directing the Secretary to cancel
contracts amounting to $1,000, 900.
Made the special order for May
25th.
Dunnell INTRODUCED bill pro-
yiding that notice Of contest under
the presumption, homestead and
timber culture laws must be printed
in newspapers in the county
where such contest lies. Passed.
SENATE-Repeal of the Bank
rupt law-Maxey and Hill favored
the repeal.
McCreery said the date had much
the appearance of no repeal at all.
After further debate, Thurman's
amendment, making the date of
repeal September lst, was agreed
to.
Beck moved to strike out Sep.
TENDER 1st and make the bill take
effect i'm mediately. Lost.
The Judiciary Committees
amendment as amended was then
agreed to. Yeas 26, nays 81, and
the bill passed. 1t now goes to the
House for concurrence.
Sargent submitted resolution
asking the Secretary of the Treas
ury for information regarding the
circumstances under which the re-
ceipt of deposits at different minis
for coinage into trade dollars was
suspended in October, 1877, and all
correspondence relating thereto.
Agreed to.
Adjourned till Monday.
Interesting wsshington Noles.
WASHINGTON, May 10th.-It
was expected that successor for
Surveyor General Ames would be
definitely selected to-day; but,
owing to the pressure of routine
business, Secretary Schurz post.
poned his conference with the
President on this subject until to-
morrow. Representative Luttrell,
who has been confined to his room
by illness during the past week, was
able TO go to the Capitol to-day,
where he made an argument before
the SUBJ Committee of the House
Com mittee on Naval Affairs in ad-
vocacy of his bill for the compile
ton of the Mare Island stone dry
dock. The sub-Com mittee will re-
port 10 the full Committee next
Tuesday, recommending that a
liberal appropriation be made for
the purpose.
Fenian and non-Fenian.
NEW YORK, May 10th.-Local
Fenian leaders repudiate Mulligan
OF the West. Gen. Il. f. Bourke, q
Trustee of the Diminishing Fund,
regards Mulligan's utterances as
bosh. A Mr.. O'Donovan, OF Brook
lyn, says as for hurting one hum
n u l..