Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1881-03-03
HOUSE.
The Funding Bill Passed-Last Appropri-
alton Bill Finished Up.

The Funding Bill Passed-Last Appropri-
alton Bill Finished Up.
The House met in continuation oil
Tuesdays session.
Mr.. Tucker demanded the previous
question on the motion to concur in the
Senate Amendment No. Ii. This is Mr..
Kirkwood's amendment authorizing
pubic subscriptions ior bonds or
notes.
No quorum being presenta
Call of the House was Ordered.
One hundred and twenty-five mem.
Lers responded, which was less than Il
quorum.
Mr.. Tucker moved to dispense with
further proceedings under call. Car
ried.
Mr.. McMshon reported tn back de-
fiency appropriation bill and moved to
suspend the rules and put 1t upon pass
age. Debate ensued.
At one o'clock Mr.. Mcmahon mo.
ton WAS agreed TO, the rules suspended
and the deficiency bill, the last OF the
appropriation bills. was finished.
Con,ide. .ation otthe Funding Bill
was Immediately resumed, all the Senate
amendments agreed to without change,
and the bill passed.
Mr.. Carlisle moved to suspend the
rules and pass the bill amending the
funding bill Just passed, to make it con-
form to the amendments recommended
by the COMMITTEE on Ways and Means.
Among the amendments is one prOvid'
ing that nothing in the act shall be con-
strued as to repeal, modify or affect sec
tions $500, 1921, 5522, 1923 and 1924 Of
the Revised Statutes.
The bill also contains all the amend
ments proposed, which were merely
those which the Republican eide had
voted for.
The rules were then suspended and
the bill passed, no division being taken.
The Speaker then laid before the
House the enrolle funding bill and it
was signed by him. aud it low goes to
the President for his action.
Supplemental Bill.
The following are the provisions OF
the supplemental bill passed by the
House: The first section provides that
the last sentence OF section one OF the
Funding bill shall read as follows: Ii
shall be the duty OF the Secretary, un.
der such rules and regulations as he
NAV prescribe, TO authorize public
subscriptions at not less than
par to he received al all the deposito'
ries OF the United States and at all
the National banks and such other
banks as he may des gnate for the bonds
and for the Treasury notes, herein pro-
yided for, for thirty days, before he
shall contract for or award any portion
of the said bonds or Treasury notes 10
any syndicate Of inlividends, or other
wise under such public subscriptions,
and if it sh,Q happen tina,
more than the entire amount
of the said bonds and Treasuary notes,
or either OF them have been subscribed
within the said thirty days. he shall
award the full am Dunt subscribed TO all
persons, who shah have made bona fide
subscriptions.
Section 2 amen Is section OF lIe
same bill, 30 as to authoriz- the Secre-
tary of the TreiSury TO use from
time TO tim not exceeding
$50, ,OOO, 900 at any one time OF tire
standard gold anl silver coin in the
Treasury for the purpose mentioned in
said section.
Section 8 amen Is section ofthe same
bill by adding thereto thereto the fol.
lowing: "and provided further that
nothing in this t shall be so construed
as to repeal, mo liiy or in any manner
change sections 500, 5,22l, !, ,222, j, 223
aud 5,224 OF the Revised Statutes OF the
United States"
Adjourned.