The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1880-03-11
Courts. but without action the House ad-

jOurned.
FEB. 19.-Senate-Mr Davis, Of West
Virginia, submitted resolution directing any
heads of executive departments who have not
yet done so, to comply with the statute
requiring such officers to annually re-
port to Congress the number of
employees in their department. and whether
any of them can be dispensed with, or
whether any changes can prohtably be made.
Adopted Consideration was then resumed
made by Messrs Mcdonald Morrill,,
Mcmillan, Saunders and Morgan.
mittee on Coinage, Weights and Measures, re
ported a bill to establish mint at st. Louis.
Printed and recOmmitted. The morning hour
having expired, the House went into Commit
tee on Revision of the Rules.
FEB. 20.-Sendte-A number Of private
bills were disposed of, after which the Five
per cent. bill was again taken up and Mr.. Lo-
gan spoke in favor of it. ar. Morrill, moved
that the Senate take up and pass the House
bill admitting free of duty certain cOntribu-
tiOns from abroad in aid of colored refugees
in Kansas. The bill had been referred to the
Finance Committee, and he had obtained the
consent of the members of that committee
uuII @ X the stiteIilOOI 70 report II laNoIsSly
ana ask It's immediate c"nslderatiOn- Mr.
Pend1eton objected on account of the irregu
larity Of such procedure Mr. voorhees,
oppose the bill on its merits. Mr.. Herman
urged that the bill be passed. Mr. Voorhees,
insisting upon his objections, no action was
taken and the Senate adjourned till Monday.
....-. Hestse-A resolution was adopted, calling
on the Secretary of the Interior for
information as TO the amount of land
subsidy granted to the st. Joseph and
Denver City Railroad Company, the dis
position made of these lands, and why
said road has not been completed
to junction with the I'm
ion Pacific Railroad at Kearney,
Neb. Mr.. Phillips 3D., MOI offered a resoIu-
ton, which adopted, instructing the
Committee on Appropriations to include in
for the benefit of the widow of the late Rep
resentative a. NJ Lay of Missouri Mr.. King
ID, La.) introduced bill dividing Louisiana
into judicial districts. Referred. The re
vision of rules was further considered in
Committee, and the House adjourned till
Monday.
FEB. 23.-Senate-DIr. Bayard moved that,
in respect to the memory of George Washing
ton, the Senate adjourn, which, after the
transaction of a little routine business, was so
ordered. :. HOuSe-A number of bills were in
trOduced, among them the following: ByMr.
Gibson ID, La-)-ApprOpriating 500 coo for
deepening the mouth of Red River; by hIr.
Frost ID, Motto release legacy and
succession tax; by Mr.. Anderson (R-, Kans. y
For taxation of lands granted by Congress to
aid in the construction of certain railroads;
by MIR. MuldrOw 3D., Miss. )-Placing on the
papers; by Mr.. Hill ID, O.)-FOr the appoint
ment of a Select Joint Committee to in
quire into the causes of the present
grain blockade, and report to Congress
what legislation can be had to remedy
the evil; by Mr.. Blackburn d.,
ky.)-AbOishing the tax on tobacco, also re-
ducing the tax on distilled spirits to so cents
on every proof gallon At the expiration of
pended and memorial addresses We're deiiV-
cred upon the late Representative a. NJ.
Lay of Missouri After speeches by Messrs.
Knott, Philips, Clark and Davis the House