The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1879-01-30
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| stated at length his objections 10 tie bill
! The amendment submitted by Senator Nor
gan several days ago, providing that when
| ever the court was of the opinion that the
suit of the plaintiff or defense of the de-
fendsnt was vexatiOus or malicious or that
| the infringement was Willful, the court may
/ award against the party guilty of such vex
| ations or malicious conduct or infringe cement
| such a sum by way of counsel fees and eX-
penses of The suit as IL shall deem just and
reasonable, was agreed TO. After discussion
| the bill was laid aside, with the understand
| ing that it should be unfinished business the
next day. Adjourned.
| In the senate on the 18th, Senator Allison,
from the conference committee on the mills
| tary academy appropriation bill, submitted
| a report, which was agreed to. The house
having agreed to the report, the bill now
| goes to the president.
1he bills on the calendar not being obs
| jected to, were considered under the five
| minute rule. The house bill, for the pay
ment to officers aand soldiers of the Mexi-
lean war of three months extra pay, provided
| for by act of July 10, 1873, led to long dis
| cussiOn. Senator Eimunds submitted an
amendment to make the act apply to those
who served in the late war for the pTeserva>
| tion of the Union. The bill was laid aside
without action.
The bill to amend the patent laws was
| taken up. Pending its discussion the senate
went into executive session, and when the
| doors reOpene1, adjourned
In the senate on the 10th, Senator Window
/ submitted the following resolution: That
| with view to q peaceful adjustment of all
| questions relating to suffrage, to the ems
tOrcement OF constitutional and national
/ rights and the promotion of the best inter-
! ests of the whole country by the elimination
| of sectionalism from politics, a committee
| OF seven senators he appointed by the chair,
| charged with the duty of inquiring as to the
| nd TTpotl Of
ing and promoting, by all just and proper
| methods, partial migration of cOlOred per~
| sons from those states and congressional
| districts where they are not allowed to freely
/ and peacefully enjoy their constitutional
| rights as American citiZ ms, into such state
| as may desire to receive them and will pro>
! tect them in said rights, or into such terrific
| ry or territories of the United States as may
| be provided for their use and occupation,
and if said committee shall deem such mis-
| grafton expedient and practical, that they
| report by bill otherwise, what in their
| judgment is the most effective method of ac-
cOmplishing that object, and said committee
| have leave to sit duung recess. Laid on the
| table for the present at the equest of Sem
atOr Window, and he gave notice that he
would call it up soon and submit some re~
marks.
The house bill providing for the payment
| OF arrears of pensions was taken up, on
motion of Senator Ingalls,. Considerable
discussion eDsUed, and a number of amend
ments were offered, which were rejected.
The bill was then read a third time and
passed. Adjourned.
HOUSE.
In the house, on the 18th, the report
of the committee on foreign afftirs was
unanimously adopted, recommending the
payment of the remainder of the salary OF
the late Representative Schleicher as a
member of the fOrty-ninth congress to his
bereaved family, and requesting the next
congress TO make similar appropriation of
his salary. Adjourned.
IN the house on the 18th, by vote of 10
to 105 the Geneva award billswas postponed
and the house went into committee of the
whole on the bill for the payment of pensions
to survivors of the Mexican and other wars
Mr.. GOOde moved to embrace in the benefit
bill the officers and privates in the marine
service. Adopted. Mr.. Sinnickson offered
an amendment granting pensions to soldiers
who served sixty days in the military or
naval service of the United States in the
| late war for the Suppression of the rebellion.
Mr.. Williams moved to amend the amend.
ment so as to include the survivors in
Oregon and Washington of the Indian wars
of 1865 and 1866. The amendment was
agreed to. Mr.. Hewitt moved to strike out
the portion granting pensions to the surviv-
Ors of the Indian wars, and also the amend.
ment just adopted on motion of Mr.. Sins
nicksen.
The committee, without further action,
rose, and the speaker announced the follows
| ing appointments to fill vacancies in the
committees: judiciary, Forney; District of
| Columbia, TOwnsend; foreign affairs, Ack>
len; militia, Young; expenditures in war
| department, Bailey; expenditures in de-
| partment of justice, Yonng.
The committee on appropriations was ins
| structed to report on an appropriation to
! the widow of the late Hon Julian Hartidge
| of an amount equal to the remainder of
his salary as nlember of the forty~ffth
congress.
A resolution was adopted directing the
committee on appropriations to make an ap~
preparation for the payment to the widow
| of A. :. Williams the amount of his salary
! for the remainder of the session. Adjourned.
! In the house on the 18th, in response to
a resolution, the speaker submitted a COM
municatiOn from the secretary of the treas
ury. transmitting a supplemental statement
| Of balances on the loan account, in coin,
! standing to the credit of the treasurer Of
| the United Ststes in national bank depOsiA
| tories on the first of January, 1879. The
| aggregate amount of the balances was $40, y
S98,168.
The bill reported from the committee on
ways and means for the issue of certificates
| of deposit of the denomination of ten
| dollars, and bearing interest at the rate of
| three per cent, and convertible at any time
| into four per cent. bonds, was taken up
| and discussed. Mr.. Springer moved TO Law
the DILL on the table. Mr.. Bundy moved to
adjourn, and the house took a recess until
half past seven O'Clock.
During the day Mr.. Hunton offered a
| resolution, which was adopted, for the pays
ment to the children of the late B. B. Doug
lass the remainder of his salary as a mems
Der of the forty>6fth congress.
At the evening session, the house resumed
consideration of the bill authorizing the
issue of certificates of deposit. After cons
siderable dis cussion and the failure of sev>
| eral amendments, a motion to lay on the
table was defeated. The bill then passed.
1t simply provides that after the passage OF
the act United States notes shall be rsceiyed
in payment Of duties on imports.
In the house on the 18th, the speaker
announced the regular order of business to
be the consideration of the bill reported
from the committee on ways and means to
facilitate the refunding of the national
debt, and the pending question to be on the
passage OF the bill. The bill passed without
division.
The house then went into committee ol
the whole, Mr.. Carlisle in the chair, on the
bill organizing the Mississippi river i'm
! provement commission, and providing foI
the improvement of that river and the pro,
lection of its aIlUvial lands. An appropri.
alton of two hundred and fifty thousand
dollars was made for the payment of sala
ares, and the committee which reported the
| bill, as an amendment, added q section an.
propristing three million eight hundred and
seventy-Ope thousand dollars for strengthen,
ing the Mississippi river levees. Mr.. Gibson
gave notice that he would, if he had the
7 opportunity, offer q substitute an amends
! ment apprOpriating two million FIVE hundred
thousand dollars for the improvement of the
Mississippi from the head passes of that
river to the mouth OF the Illinois river Mir,
Robertson spoke in full in favor of the bill
The origin of the late scourge which had
traversed the south might be traced to the
, Overflow of the Mississippi follow ed bY q hni