Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1881-03-03
thern one by Mr. Saunders for an appropria.

them one by Mr. Saunders for an appropria-
ton Of Us. 900 fox the Missouri liXer hetween
ifs mouth and Yankton. The bin for estab-
fishing q Bureau of Animal Industry was
takenrp. but encountered good deal of OPP
aposition account of alleged defects in rs
tas, e. Soma and as being unsonsslf
Ingalls, added he would submit 6anefsi-
Ments with a view of pertecting Che bill.
leet without delay. Mr.. Rollins eave notice of
his intention to move as substitutes for the
By him. In the House, Mr.. Carlisle. from
the Ways and Means Committee,sreported the
bin repeating all laws imposing taxes
on bank checks, drafts and orders, bank
deposits. friction matches, medical prepara-
tion-. perfumery, cosmetics, cologne and 9th
Of the Whole en- the Agricultural Appropriai,
ton bnl: An amendment was adopted APP
$4,000 a ao the and
pssiS sfsf b. e aT seas Rsg
ar,i-Representatives for distribution .anong
the agricultural constituents. The commit
to-, rec the rose woad Giomphss1'ns the 1 ara ~
A resolution was adopted providing for adj
;ournInent as q mark of respect to the MEM
Dry of the late Fernando Wood.
FEB. 21.-The Post-route bill passed the
Senate. The conference report on the Army
Appropriation bill was read and adopted At
the expiration of the morning hour the Legis-
lative Appropriation bill was taken up. Mr.
Davis stated the amount of estimates for 1882
that additional estimates of $4,000 had been
submitted, making the total estimates ST. 9oa,
627. The amount of the bill it passed the
House was I7,l65 800, to which the Senate
committee had added $7l0,009, making the to-
tai as, reported to the Senate ST., s75 29s. The
aggregate as reported was S26,642 less than the
estimates, this being 81 SIS 3s2 in excess of the
total appropriation for ISL. This excess was
count of additional clerical force and facilities
for adjudication of pensions and over $500, 600
IN, IN 70 NE atter ite,n Mr. aui snid thn
Commissioner had stated the revenues for the
current year would exceed those of the pre-
ceding year nearly $50 00O, 000 and his estimate
for the current year put the figures at about
$4,000, 600 above those for this year........
Treasury for a statement of the refundinS of
bonds known as lo-4os, and the sale or ex-
change of bonds in lieu thereof during the
year 1879, with a list of the syndicates, banks.
bankers, brokers and other persons taking
by each also, the amount OF money
paid to each and for what purpose or
ete etc Mr warner p o. introdueed
bill providing for the appointment of a Board
OF Fiscal Inspectors, whose duty it shall be to
of the Federal Treasury. Mr.. stevenson d.,
ILL., submit ed the resolutions of the General
tirement Of i. ~ Grant with the rank of ee Cen
eral. Mr.. Urler (R., Md introduced a bin
for the appointment of a Commissioner to
eharges upon interstaie ''c Commerce and
to propose a remedy The c bill to ascertain
of Indians by the Government passed.
The bill simply authorizes the Court of Claims
to try all questions arising from treaty stipu-
lations with the Choetaw Nation. and render
Judgment thereon. Mr.. Slemons d., Ark.)
under instructions from the Committee on
and pass the bill the
Cherokee & Arkansas River Railroad Company,
for the purpose of constructing, a railroad
RI n.1trhf ha
the bill pas, ed. A motion to adjourn over
Washington's birthday was defeated.
FEB. 22-The Senate passed the bill re-
pealing the law imposing tax on bank de.
posts. The provisions for taking off the
taxes on bank capital and bank checks, which
were in the bill originally reported, were
stricken out. The House joint resolution APP
the birthplace of Washington was adopt
ed. Senator LOGAN made another in
etfectual effort to take up the Grant Retire
ment bill-the vote standing % yeas to 20 nays
1.-THE House passed the Agricultural APP
preparation bill Among the amendments
adopted is one apprOpriating $4,000 for the
continuation of experiments in connection
with the manufacture of sugar from beets and
for the cultivation of beets for that purpose.
FEB. 23.-The Senate passed the Fortifi-
cation Appropriation bill, the bill to graduate
the price and dispose of the residue of the
Cherokee strip lands in Kansas, and the bill
for the erection OF a new building for the
Congressional Library. The bin fixes the site
for the new building upon the six squares
on the east front of the Capitol grounds
and limits the cost of lands and
damages thereon to 81 600 900. 49,.
The House considered the Civil Service APP
preparation bill in Committee of the Whole.
Mr.. Cox d. n. " called up as unfinished
business the Apportionment bill. Mr.. Conger
N., Mich.) raised the question of considera-
ton, and upon the question being put the
Republicans with one or two exceptions re-
fused to vote, leaving the House without a
quorum.