The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-02
shall receive an equal amount In United
States notes, Referred to the Committee on

shall receive an equal amount In United
States notes Referred to the Committee on
Coinage.
the Secretaries of War, Treasury and Interior
Departments were directed to send to the
House list Of all persons holding office in
their respective departments, who were dis
charged from the military service of the
United States in consequence of wounds or
other disabilities, and also to report the date
of such discharge, and the length OF service.
Mr.. Willis, OF Kentucky, presented q me-
mortal Of 10000 citizens Of Kentucky in favor
Of the bill donating public lands for educa-
tional purposes. Referred.
By unanimous consent, Senate bills on the
Speaker table were taken up and referred to
appropriate committees.
Mr.. Lynde, of Wisconsin, introduced bill
in relation to the foreclosure of mortgages
under deeds Of trust in the District OF Column
ba. Referred to the Judiciary Committee.
On motion of Mr., Atkins, of Tennessee, the
House went into committee of the whole on
the legislative appropriation bill, Mr. Eden,
of Illinois, in the chair.
On motion Of Mr. Atkins the number OF
clerks Of class one in the QuartermaSter Gen
erals Office was reduce to twenty and the
number of copyists to twenty, and contln-
gent expenses for the Com issary General S
office were reduced to $4,000.
Mr.. Foster, of Ohio, moved to strike out
the clause which required the entire clerlcal
force of the Surgeon Generals office, now en-
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the war; to be employed on work necessary to
the prompt payment OF pensions. lie SAID
he wanted the work on the medical and sur
gical history to go on, because it was neces-
sary. He desired, in the same connection, to
say he reDlIdated the assertion. so often
made, that this House was responsible for the
backwardness of pension claims. The House
had given adequate force Ii it was properly
administered.
Mr.. Sampson disputed this and insisted
loff I,,,ff mot -tlf1in
After considerable further discussion, in
which politics were INTERCEPTED. the motion of
Mr.. Finley to strike out the paragraph was
| agreed to.
ment increasing the number OF clerks to So
in the Surgeon Generals Office.
Mr. Goode, of Virginia, offered an amend
ment authorizing the Chief Clerk Of the
Navy Department to act as assistant secre-
tary Of the navy, and making his salary
$4,000 when so acting Ruled out on point
of order.
Mr.. Haskell of Kansas, offered an amend
ment increasing the clerical force in the In
dian Bureau.
amendment, that it was new legislation and
that it increased the number of clerks beyond
that authorized by law:
The Chair sustained the point of order
ruling that if the number was increased be
You'd the number of clerks fixed in last years
appropriation bill, the amendment was not in
order.
Mr.. Foster said the ruling was absurd, be
| cause if it was correct it would be impossible
to change the number of clerks at any time
Mr. Haskell appealed from the decision of
the Chair, and after discussing the appeal for
some time the point Of order was withdrawn
and the amendment was rejected.
Pending motion to increase the salary of
the Commissioner of Pensions to $1,000 the
committee rose.
Eighteen pages Of the bill we're completed
to-day, making sLxty-One pages altogether.
The amount of increase in the bill 50 far is
S5l 300.
Mr., Robertson, of Louisiana, from the Com
mittee on Mississippi Levees, reported bill
appropriating the sum of S3,S71,574 for clos
ing the crevasses and strengthening the
Ievees Of the Mississippi. Ordered printed
and recOmmitted.
Mr.. Vance, of North Carolina, reported
from the Committee on Patents q bill to
amend the statutes relating to patents. Or
dered printed and recommitted.
Mr.. Finley, Of OHIO, introduced bill to
limit the charges for freight and passengers
over the Pacific Railroad bridge at Omaha
Referred.
The House then, at SOB, took recess till
7 80 p. m.