Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-01-27
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

JAN. 1.-THE Senate passed the Army
Appropriation bill and adjourned till Monday.
Under the House rules the session of
that body was confined exclusively to the
consideration of private bills in Committee OF
the Whole, and the Funding bill had a rest.
JAN. 15.-There was no session OF the Sem
ate. The debate on the Funding bill was
further continued in the House, large num-
Der of amendments being proposed and most
Iy rejected. rt
JAN. 17.-In the Senate, the Indian Appro-
priation bill was reported. The bill passed
appropriating s2O0, 900 for the purchase of GER
tain real estate of the Freedmens Savings L
Trust Company at w Washington; also, the bill
for the relief of Gen. Ord. A motion to lay
aside the regular order, the Ben Halliday bill
and take up the Kellogg case, was antagonized
by the Republicans, and enough Democrats
Saea was It mt the House.
and very little of general public in
serest was INTRODUCED except a M Eeso;
proSiding for high joint p Commission ON The
part of the United states and Great Britain to
vestigate the alleged false and fraudulent
proofs upon which that award was made. The
Speaker laid before the House comm4 a
uniting the report of the Superintendent of
the Census, which shows the total population
of the United States to be 50,l52 ,s66. Mr.. Cox
then introduced an Apportionment bill,
which fixes the number OF Representatives
at 5ol, and it was referred with communica'
ton to the Committee on Census. Mr.. Ford
(Gr., MOI and Mr.: Springer ID, Il.) intro
duced resolutions directing the Committee on
constructing government lines Of telegraph
and to report bill for that purpose. Under
suspension OF the rules q bill passed for
quieting titles of settlers on the Des Moines
River lands in the State OF Iowa.
JAN. 1S.-The Ben Halliday Claims bill
came up in the Senate as the regular order
and was finally passed-33 to 19-the compen-
sation being fixed at 100000 which was the
lou 0af on INT n 61r n mi
MI. Sparks Dt H.. fii.5, Chairman Of the
eshs on Ike re S to list ga0s of the
army Mr. Meco9 S{c6 a. ~ sqbm 3hs Si
was referred to the Committee of the Whole
on the private calendar. The Naval Appro,;
was completed in committee, reported to the
House, and the main question ordered on
the bill and amen DIM cr without con-
The amount of bonds authorized to be issued
under the act is s400,0O0,oOO, bearing three per
cent. interest, redeemable after I've and pay
able ten years from date of issue; also certifi-
Gates to the amount of $500, 1000 600, bearing
same i ts ha az a mo
Treasury is ordered to pay on bonds accrued
during the year 1851 all silver dollars of 4121z
in the Treasury for redemption purposes. The
three per cent. bonds authorized by the act
are to be the only bonds receivable as security
for irrational bank circulation.
JAN. 19.-In the Senate, a bill to relieve
the political disabilities of Richard Fatherly,
who was Military Storekeeper at Little Rock,
Ark, at the breaking out of the rebellion was
rejected by vote of 80 to 16-not the neces-
sary two thirds. committee was appointed
to whom were referred the various bills in
troduced relative to the pleuro-pneumonia
and other infectious diseases of animals......
In the House the various amendments
to the Funding bill were disposed of and the
bill then passed-yeas, 135; nays, lbs. All the
ndr1nA No Tn QS al in
viding that before any of the bonds or certif-
Gates authorized by this act are issued, the
Secretary of the Treasury shall pay on bonds
accruing during the year 1881 all silver dollars,
andaI gold over $50, 000, O00 now in the Treas
uIy for redemption purposes.