The comet. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1877-1882, 1879-06-07
Democratic Caucus,

WARRINGTON, June 3 The Democratic
members of the House and Senate held q
Joint caucus this afternoon in the hall OF
The House of Representatives to receive the
report of the joint advisory committee IN
regard to the appropriation bills. After
several hours had been devoted to Its CON
sideration it was adopted with substantial
unanimity. The following is tho pro-
gramme agreed on The House Committee
on Appropriations will forthwith prepare
for introduction three bills as follows
First-The army appropriation bill,
which was vetoed by the President, with
the following new sections to take the place
of the section upon which the President
based his veto:
Section 6. That no money appropriated
by this act is appropriated or shall be paid
for the subsistence, equipment, transporta-
ton or compensation of any part of the
army of the United States to be used as a
police force to keep peace at the polls at
any election to be held within any State.
Second--A bill extending the legislative,
executive and judicial appropriation act OF
| June, 1873, for one year from the Both inst,
for the same purposes therein specified,
except IN regard to the apportionment of
the clerical force in some of the executive
departments, whish is left to the discretion
of the Committee on Appropriations A
provision will also be made in this bill for
the salaries of certain officers created since
the passage of the act which is to be ex-
tended.
Tho bill contains no general legislation,
except that portion of the recently vetoed
bill known as McMahon's amendment
which provides for the repeal of certain
laws regulating the payment of pensions,
and directs the Secretary of the Treasury
to pay out for arrearages of pensions-the
remainder of the $1O,000,0Q0 hitherto
held as q special fund for the redemption
of fractional currency by last years bill,
which it is thus proposed to re.enact, pro-
vided for the salaries for all United States
Judges, District Attorneys and United
States Marshals, but made no appropria-
ton for judicial expenses, which however
was subsequently provided for in the Sun
dry appropriation bill hence it was agreed
by the caucus that the Committee on APP
preparations shall report.
Third-A bill making appropriations for
the expenses of the courts of the United
States for the fiscal year ending June 30th,
1880, and for other purposes.
L
pirate in detail the sum So, 700, 900 for all
estimated judicial expenses, such as fees
of jurors and witnesses, the bookkeeping
of prisoners, and all the ordinary items Of
expenditure under the Department of JUS
tice, except for compensation of Supervi-
sors and Deputy MarRhals of elections.
The bill will neither mention nor make
provisions for any such officers, and at
taohed to this section will be proviso fix
ing the pay of jurors at SS2 per day, to
which will be added substantially the same
terms as those sections of the vetoed appro-
priation bill, which provides for amend
ments respecting the method of drawing ju-
ries and for the total abolition of the ju-
rors' test oath.
The second section of this bill will pro-
vide that no portion of the money therein
appropriated should be used for fees, sala-
RES, compensations or expenses of any
person employed under and by virtue of
title twenty-six of the Revised Statutes
This title comprises Federal election laws,
which authorizes the appointment of Su-
pervisors and Deputy Marshals of elections
and provides for their compensation.
The third section will read as follows
The sums appropriated by this act are in
full for the persons and public service ems
braced in its provisions for the fiscal year |
ending June Both, 1880, and no officer of |
the Government shall, during any fiscal |
year, mako any contract or incur any La |
bility until sum sufficient to meet such |
contract and to pay such liability shall have |
been appropriated by Congress.