Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1879-06-27
The Pending Appropriation Bills.

The following is the text Of the two approprl-
alton bills pending In Congress:
First: IA bill making appropriations for GER
TAIN JUDICIAL expenses OF the government for the
nscal year ending June 80, 1880, and for other
purposes:
lie it eaacted, etc, That for the purpose of pro-
Vlo1Dg Tor certain judicial expenses OF the gov
e. me nt Ior the fiscal year ending June 30, 1889,
OF any money In the treasury not otherwise ap-
proprlated:-For payment Of district attorneys
and their assistants $500, for fees of clerks,
6Oot0; Tor ices OF US. commissioners $40 900;
for fees OF jurors, s4OO 0O0 for fees OF Witnesses
200; for support Of US. prisoners, $4,000;
Tor rent OF Y s. court rooms, S67 900; for expen-
seS OF Oa1l1nS, crters stationery fuel aud light
furniture, watchmen and janitors, cleaners and
sWeeperS, extra meals for impanneled Juror,
transportation OF prisoners, moving OF re cords,
salaIied olncers OF the government summoned
as witnesses, travel In collecting evidence In u.
S. cases, for holding seizures for fees OF justices
OF peace, acting as US. commissioners, for sten-
ographers, for post-mortem examinations, 70
outside their districts, of interpreters fees, to
township officers in summoning Jurors, extra
pay to experts as witnesses, for storage, for
necessary miscellaneous expenditures sasoooo,
making In all the sum OF 81, $1,000. Section 2
That the per diem pay Of each juror. grand or
petit, In any court OF the United States shall be
81; and that the last clause OF section 500 OF the
Revised Statutes OF the United States, which
refers to the state OF Pennsylvania, and sec.
tions SOL, $50 and s21 OF the Revised Statutes OF
the United States, are hereby repealed, and
that all such jurors, grand or petit, including
those summoned during the session Of the court,
shall be publicly drawn from a box containing
at the time OF each drawing the names OF not
less than 500 persons possessing the qualtfica-
tons prescribed In section 500 OF the Revised
Statutes whose names shall have been placed
therein by the clerks of such court and COM
which commissioner shall be citizen OF good
standing, residing In the district In which
such court is held, and a well-known
memeef fna Of the P1acpa pal nca party o
the clerk and said commissioner and each TO
place one name in said box alternately
without reference to party affiliatlons, until the
But nothing herein contained shall be con-
strued to prevent any judge from ordering the
names OF Jurors to be drawn from the boxes
In the highest courts Of the state, and no per-
son snail serve as petit juror more than one
term In any one year, and all juries to serve In
cp coaI1s alter ri the passage OF this act shall be
no citizen possessing all other qualifications
which are or may be prescribed by law shall be
dlsquanned Tor service as grand or petit juror
race, color, or previous condition of servitude,
Section g. That the Attorney General shall In.
clude In his annual report a statement OF all
year out Of any appropriation fund subject to
requisitions by him.
second. "a bill making appropriations to pay
raj deputies
e Be it enacted, de-, That the sum Of six hun.
0red thousand dollars is hereby appropriated
out OF any money In the Treasury not other
fiscal year ending June 80, 1880, OF the fees of
United States marshals and their general depu-
ties, and no part OF the money hereby appro-
,lasea, prlasea s s appropriated to pay any. COM
visions OF title 26 Of the Revised Statutes Of the
United States authorizing the appointment, en-
p.oyment or payment Of general or special
Ceputy marsnalS for services In connection with
registration or elections on election day. Sec
tlon 2. That the sum appropriated in this act
for the persons and pubic service embraced in
nS n! Rrovlslons are IN fun for such persons and
30 1850, and no department or officers of the
government shall during said fiscal year make
any contract Or incur any liability for the
visions OF title &c mentioned In section one ofth
act, until an appropriation sufficient to NEE
sucn contract or pay such liability shall hav
nrst Deen made by law; and that any officer O.
violate any OF the provisions OF this section, O
OF sections 367S, 3619, $3.50, 1851, $685. 36S3 an
$500 OF the Revised Statutes OF the United
3 states, snali, on CONVICTION, be punished by
me not exceeding $1,000, or by Imprisonment
Ior not exceeding five years, or by both such
me ana imprisonment, In the discretion Of the
court" WV
STATUS OF THE BILLS THIS AFTERNOON.
The Dill appropriating 5000, 900 for the pay of
U. s. marshals, the full text OF which is printed
eiseWnere IN THB STAR, was called up In the
the Journal. half hours debate was accorded
10 each side Gen. Garfield occupied the whole
tlme allotted to the republican side, and MADE
sovereignty. Mr.. Hurd, OF Ohio, replied to
Gen. GARFIELD. Debate was closed at haIf-past
one O'Clock by MIR. Reagan, OF Texas, when the
u plI WsS CONSIDERED under the five-minute rule.
It VIII be passed before the House adtourns to-
The Senate took up the judicial bill this
aanernoon, and 1t Is the intention to pass it be-
PASSAGE OF THE MARsHALs' BILL
The republicans, at Is minutes after O'Clock.
onered an amendment to strike out the restr1c
i've clause OF the bill with reference to deputy
aaa mals shaA l III was voted down by strict party
tS v0de1lne republicans voting to strike out, and
tne democrats opposing 1t. The bill was re-
ported to the House at 25 minutes after O'Clock.
without amendment, and was passed by strict
SHERMAN EvARTs, son Of the Secretary OF
state, and Philip G. Bartlett, son Of Mr Bartlett
OF the Chinese legation, members of the sopho.
more class at Yale College, each received first
prize for English composition at the close of the
present academic year.
NAVAL ORDERS-Lieut G. E. Ide from the
VanoaHa, July 5th, and placed on waiting
orders; Lieut.. E. NJ. Armory from lighthouse
duty and ordered to the Vandalia, July 5th:
Chlef Engineer G. ii. Baker from the Richmond
ana ordered TO the MonOngehala, relieving
Chlef Engineer Il. S. DaVlds, who is ordered to
return home
THE EXECUTIVE SESSION OF THE SENATE yes
terday was almost entirely devoted to further
discussion OF the case of r. Stockett Mathews.
nominated as U. S. district Judge for Maryland.
speecheS were delivered by Senators GroOme
ana Bayard against confirmation, and by Sena-
toI Wnyte In favor of it, vote was then
taken on the question of confirmation which
resulted yeas IS and nays 20. The total being
one one less than quorum, the Senate adjourned
Win Win tne case still pending. All the democrats