The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1879-05-01
FoRTY-sIxTH CONGRESS.
short Sessions In Roth Branehes-The
Veto Read In the House and Made q
Special order OF Business for To-Day.
WASHINGTON, April 80.


Consideration was resumed OF the House
bill providing for certain expenses OF the
present session OF Congress and for other
purposes.
The pending question being whether II
was In order TO amend as proposed by Mr..
Plumb, appropriating $4,000 to pay the
mileage OF the present session, the amend
ment was decided in order byaiyote Of So
The bill was then passed and the Senate
considered the bill to prevent the intro
duetion. OF contagious and infectious dis
eases into the United States. t.ks q
Mt ,Hamlih opposed the bill and moved
TO recommit with instruction to frame
code Of rules and regulations to carry the
object OF the act into effect He could not
support the preasent measures because oil
Its severity against our commercial marine,
and because u made the National Board of
Health o legislative body in the making OF
rules and regulations. This was too grave
q duty to be entrusted 10 them. n fi"lf
Mr.. Herman opposed, the bill,
Mr.. Garland ofthe committee called at.
tention 10 the fact that the bill required all
rules and regulations framed by the
National Board Of Health 10 be uniform
aud subject 70 the approval OF the presi.
dent, He said the Committee did not
want the bill recommitted as they had
already done all that they could TO present
the bill In an acceptable shape.
. Messrs. Hoar and Conkling opposed the
measures.
Without further proceedings the Senate
went into executive session and soon ad.
lonfned.j 9a.G slillit.S ghSvJsj
HOUSE.
Immediately after the reading bt the
Journal the Speaker presented the veto
message Of the President upon the army
appropriation bill, and it was read by the
clerk.
At the conclusion Of the reading OF the
message, which consumed thirty.fve min.
utea the Speaker offered the, following
Ordered, That the message of the Presi.
dent just read be entered at length on the
Journal, as required by the Constitution
OF the United States, and that the House
will tomorrow proceed to consider said
message, and thereafter to reconsider the
bill making appropriations for the support
OF the army for the fiscal year ending
June 30th, 1880, and that said message be
printed. The order was adopted.
The following bills were passed: Appro.
priating the requisite amount to pay j. B.
Eads the sums due and to become due
for constructing the Jetties at the South
Pass; amending the section ofthe Revised
Statutes prescribing penalty for conspir-
ing against the United States.
Mr.. Washburne, from the Committee on
Public Lands, reported bill extending
for two years, from October, 1873, the
time for the payment OF pre.emptors in
certain public lands in Minnesota.
Passed.
Mr.. Knott, Chairman OF the Committee
on Judiciary, reported bill prescribing
the time for holding United States Circuit
and District Courts in the District Of Ken.
tucky.
Mr.. Herbert, from the Committee on
Judiciary, reported bill amending section
$40 Of the Revised Statutes. He explained
that under the existing law the penalty for
either to commit an olTense
against or to defraud the United States,
was fine not less than ST 900 and not
more than $4,000, and Imprisonment for
not more than two years. 4 ES
As amended the penalty would be fine
Of not more than $4,000 or imprisonment
not more than two years or both at the de-
cision Of the court. The bill was passed.
Mr.. Lefevre, from ithe Committee on
Agriculture, reported q bill to prevent the
Of diseased cattle and the
spread Of infections diseases among do
mestic animals. Printed and recon-
Mr.. Warner from the Committee on
Coinage, Weights and Measures, reported
q bill amending certain sections Of the re.
visied statutes, relative to coinage, coin
and bullion certificates. He also reported
a resolution making foregoing bill a
special order for Saturday next and
from day to day until disposed OF.
Mr.. Garfield suggested that the resolu-
ton should be so amended as to prevent
the bill from interfering with the approp-
ration bills. Ill.,. ! I'll
Several Democrats said "they are out Of
the way" :, : L'- 's roe p non
The vote was taken on the resolution
and resulted: 03yeas to l02 nays.
The Speaker casting deciding vote the
yeasand nays were ordered pending which
the House adjourned.
The Democratic caucus was announced
TO take place at once. i
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