Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1881-03-03
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payment Of which was optional with the
government.
The amendment to reimburse the Presi-
dent for the amount paid for expenses OF
the louisiana (McVeagh) Commission OF
April, 1877, s, $50 73, upon which sepa-
rate vote had been requested By Mr.. ConK-
ling, was considered, and, after a long dis
cussion, was laid on the table with only one
dissenting vote.
Mr.. Hoar introduced and had read by the
Clerk an amendment, intended to be pro-
posed to the deficiency appropriation bill,
embodTing the substantial features OF the
per cent. refunding bill, without the COM
pulsorY fifth tection and other extraneous
matters.
Mr.. Hoar asked and obtained unanimous
consent to permit his proposition to go to
the Finance Committee, and that the prohi-
bition Of the rule, so far as It would prevent
its being offered in the Senate. should be
waived.
The sundry civil bill was then proceeded
with. The next amendment OF the COM
mittee upon which vote had been re-
| served, was one appropristing $2O, 900 orthe
purchase OF the private papers of the late
Confederate Generals Braxton Bragg and
Leonidas Polk, relative to the war Of the
rebellion.
After some discussion the amendment
was tabled.
Mr.. Morgan moved an amendment ap-
propriating $4,000 for the expenses Of the
embassy to the Government OF Mexico.
Agreed to.
A number of amendments were offered,
discussed and tabled. The bill was finally
reported to the Senate as amended, and read
third time and passed. The funding bill
was received from the House and signed by
the Vice President. The Senate then ad
iourned.
THE SUPPLEMENTAL FUNDING BILL.
The following are the provisions of the
supplemental funding bill passed by the
House to day. Section one provides that the
last sentence OF the funding bill shall read
as follows:
''It shall be the duty of the Secretary Of
the Treasury, under such rules and regnla-
tious as he may prescribe, to authorize
public subscriptions, at not less than par,
to be received at repositories Of the United
States, and at all national banks and
such other banks as he may
designate, for the bonds and for
Treasury notes herein provided for, for
thirty days before he shall contract for or
award any portion of said bonds or Treasury
notes to any syndicate of individuals or
| bankers, or otherwise than under such
public subscriptions, and If 1t shall
amount Of the said bonds and
Treasury notes, or of either
of them, has been subscribed within said
thirty days, he shall award the full amount
subscribed to all persons who shall have
made bona fide subscriptions Ia the order
| of time of subscriptions at rates most ad-
Vantageous to the United States.'
! Section two amends section four Of the
same bill, so SIS to authorize the Secretary
/ of the Treasury 10 use, from time to time,
not exceeding fifty million dollars at any
! one time of standard gold and silver coin In
the Treasury, for the purposes mentioned in
! raid section.
| Section amends section of the funding
bill by adding thereto the following: "And
/ provided further, that nothing in this act
shall be so construed as to repeal. modify
| or 10 any manner effect sections $500, 522l,
1922, 5223iand 1924 of the Revised Statutes"
/ Mr.. HAYES AND THE FUNDING BILL.
/ The opinion seems to prevail generally
| throughout the city tonight that the Presi-
! dent will veto the funding bill which passed
the House to-day.