The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1879-02-06

the rules aud pass q bill! authorizing The
/ secretarvot war 70 erect be dstauss over
. thu grave. OF On on soi6ie-s inte ed n pri-
/ waite, vills-e or city csaeteries. Agreed
/ to-. Sir. Whitthorne moyed to suspend the
I rules 70 pass a bill for the erection OF the
: following buildings, the amount opposite
I the respective places to be thelmJt or total
/ cost or that which amount Is herewith
/ appropriated: Custom house, Augusta, Ga,
: 100000; court house, Oxford, Miss, S50,
| COO; court house. Key West, Fla, 81 5000 !;
court house, Lynchburg, Va, 5000
postoffice, Montgomery. Ala, Sl5O000 post
office, Brooklyn, New York, S25O,0J0; court
house, Lacrosse, WIS; S65,000; court house,
Erie, Pa, $3.50, 900 court house, Greensboro,
n. c, $50,O0J; court house, Council Bluff,
Ia, $4,000. Agreed to. Adjourned.
In the house, on the 28th the bill to
restrict immigration of the Chinese was
then taken up. The bill passed-yeas 1855
nays 70. 1t provides that no master of
vessel owned by any citizen of the United
States shall take on board at any foreign
port any number of Chinese exceeding
! fifteen. with the intent to bring them 70 the
United States, under penalty of 500 for
each passenger in excess of fifteen, such
penalty to become a lien on the vessel.
The house then went into commit tee of the
whole on the pOst0ffice appropri ton bill.
MIR. Baker moved TO increase the apprOpria-
ton tor mail transportation by railroads from
SS,715 900 to $9,000,000. Adopted-yeas SO,
nays rs. Mr.. Chalmers submitted az amends
ment increasing the appropriation for
transportation on steamboats, from S75O,OOO
20 100000. Agreed to, and the committee
rose......The nj hit session on the levee bill
was postponed and the house adjourned.
In the house, on the 18th, the post
l. H.
committee of the whole. The committee
rose and reported the bill to the house. The
first amendment was that increasing the
appropriation fer the clerks in the pOstoffice
from So, 100000 TO $3.600000. 1t was adopted.
The amendment increasing from 81 100000
to S3,O0OO00 the appropriation for payment
of letter carriers was also adopted. The fOlS
lowing amendments we're then agreed to 4:
Increasing appropriation for trsnsportion
on star routes from $5,600,000 to So 100000;
for railroad transpOrtiOn SS7l5,0t0 to 49,
100000; and for steamboat transportation
from $4,000 to So, 1000. The house then,
without final action on the BILL took recess
until 7:30....--The evening session was given
to consideration of reports from the COM
mlttee on commerce.
In the house, on the Both, the postoffice
appropriation bill passed after many of the
amounts were increased ..... The motion to
go into committee of the whole on the army
Appropriation bill was defested...A number
of bills were introduced and referred, and
the house adjourned.
In the house, on the 3lst, Mr.. Conger, |
from the committee on judiciary, reported |
back bill IN reference TO the proceeds of |
the sale of captured and abandoned pro-
perty. Printed and recommitted. . On |
motion of Mr., Whitthorne, the senate amend |
ment to abolish the United States volunteer
navy was cOncurred .in.....The senate bill |
was passed for the erection of military |
post at FL Paso, Texas. Adjourned.