, 1881-02-21
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MAIN FEATURES OF TIfE PROPOSED ACT
!Spfctat Utrdfrh Jhe Ehteaga Tribune.
WAslt1SulUS, d. e.. Feb. :N.-Thu Senate
may, after nll tukU some action upon the irl-
porsnnt subject of plcuro-pneumnl,Ea. After
thu soycre nttaci AputI tic bill yesterday,
thu COrnlnrtce OH Agriculture held a special
nlccttng lust night, md ngreed To report an u
substitute the bill Of Senator Rnfl1ns. The
Committee will bring up tic bill III tho SC,l-
atu tts-lnorrDw, alld sny nrliLgtlt TINT they cx-
puct that 1t Will puss. Tho following are
THE MAIN ri,Ovls1nSS OF THE SUBSTITUTE:
Tint tlpru shlIl be established u National
Commission for this suppression mud prevention
Of pILllru Fs,eEistlfA i'll IlcNt cutie, til consist
Ut tarr0 members, tn he appointed by the iresls
dent with the conrcnt Of tho srtsto, whose cun,-
prtlsaion whom elleHgctl IN iAelr duties shall u,
$40 per diein nl1 necessary expenses. 2uch
Commission sllnll snstt III Washington within
thirty days utter tho pnssaRc Of This act. and In
Washington Or elsewhere from t!Rte to time
upon n,tco of tho President Ut tho Commission.
who siinll bG chosen BY the Mcsnb"rs thereof. ur
upon iss uwn !d1o'!rittI9nt* md shall i?rtn u!t
spuoEat examinations At any rlapa wthli! tho
United stMtes ls thby nay 1ceAt best to aid in
thu execution Of thls aei.
TIL: DUTIES or THE COMMISSION
al,all bu to obsutn Information up0n nll matters
rclatsng II tho IIkcusG in tlicstiou Whenever in
thu upiNnn of thu Commission auuh advice niay
tenh tntho prevention Ali1 suppression Of snld
cattle from thu Unitcll States IL I1rei4n coun-
tries, snid coInnlisaIon Htal! make HpeciAl IN
nnw ~ u H. snG Sar Inc Ok basse eho
Unlicl atntcs aud Canasla, aud along tho lnca
of Transportation from I'll parts of ths
e,,S aS aro and a'pts report Of IT,. s
aultAof such investigation 70 tho Secretary ot
sho Treasury. sall Coaulsson sha'i coSpcEiato
ulld corporations ln 'i'craons enRaKed 10 tho
isa,'spoortMtion Of rent oatl!u " lant or wktor
u y .a son e. se
boa.I. Hald Commission shaiI provido for
TIE INSPECTION or ALI. CATTLE
passing fronl thu United Sthtos or shipped for
y nsopos to cur.y. fH:ss faFy a 5 t"s
ll sarh poSts 1sa o. otlsr n: ,s'sts u n,ay ss -
ss i"ycr 5 ~ se.bs Il and
carry Into effect snch regulations consistent
with HtntU 1RMs Us tnMy be nrccsaary tsl prevent
ubrn..H. Tllu Cnsn;l,isa!t' r!'ny TEMPORARILY c-
ploy such veterinary surgeons III thu cxigeto'es
ot eaoh c,!as may require: IL, ,..,,u,, f., .
Ing out the Frov!alnhs OF tina not tho SUM ol
s51,0n Is apprvprntc 10 10 4lao,!sstMl under
tho 10 q ta ,o b. s
and t0 ho approved by him.
TIE I'LL. gV1IL AIlvE, HUT nIlEATAINu
WITH AUcll ntfFlCEI.rl,
Sptstas DApateh to Tia chEeaoo Tribune.
NAhltISHTflSp ~. ", fGD+ Ip.-lH H9 lltuEu'
Pneumonia bill received solnu very hard
blows til tl1e Sennto to.ttny, and barely es-
capped recontm!ttal. 1t failed, Ill great
measure, becu.,se 1t WINS called llard names.
If 1t dies 1t 'nuy be considered that 1t was the
octopus that Killed II. Scnator Ilgalls
very severe assault upon It, cf,a1acterizing
1t us tho great .leyil-tisll which proposed IL
stretch its arms lntp every farnlyard II! tic
land. to rat np tho substance of the taxpay-
ers III salarLes, and to destroy tha cattle of
the furmer without compensation. Mr.
ingalls, maintained thAt the bil1 Involved
tho expenditure in salarcs OF the amount
OF sa00,o0 annually, besllcs requiring Il
yast!y greater sum to pay for tho eattle de-
stroyed. II was, llu said, tho worst bill TINT
h0 ever saw.
SENATOR c0SKLIN0,
too, 1natlu q lui>g speech, opposing certaln
fcatures Ut tho bill, u,l tic ground that they
were unconstitutional. liu maintained u.at
Congress could not authorize tho Secretary
OF tho Treasury to establish regulations sela'
tive to the uxportation and Transportation Ut
live stock. Tie organic Iaw, ho said. had
delegated no such powers to Congress.
Mr.. klrkwood, Of Iowa. too, Willis
considering it very essential that con-
gress should do whatever GOULD be done by
law to eradicate p!euro-pnedl!1onla, opposed
CANA fautltaa of tia hill HG GAIfayel that