Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1882-02-04
THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.
CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.
The sherman Refuu ding Bill Passed
I'm the Senate-The Vote In Detail
Full Text or the BilI-PeDstOnIDg
ex.Presidents' VidOyVs-The Fish
cries Question A Number of
Private Bills introduced.

culture, reported, with an amendment, the
House bill appropriating five thousand dol
lars for packing, transporting and
arranging the agricultural and mechan-
zeal specimens presented to the Agri-
cultural Department by the exhibitors
at the Atlanta EXPOSITION. The amendment
includes also the expenses voluntarily in
CURED by the exhibitors in transporting the
articles to Washington. After an eXplana-
tion by Mr.. Malone the bill was passed
Mr.. Teller, from the Committee on Pen
siOns, reported an original bill as the sub
stitute for the one on the subject, granting
to Lucretia r. Garfield, Sarah Childress
Polk ana Judah Gardner Tyler, widows of
ex Presidents, life pensions of $5 600 per year
from September 10, 1881, that of Mrs Tyler
to be in lieu Of pension heretofore granted
her. Placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Hoar reported from the Committee on
Privileges and Elections the Senate bill Tx
ing the day for the meeting Of electors. of
President and Vice President, providing for
and regulating the counting OF votes for
President and Vice President and the de-
cision Of questions arising thereon. He
said the bin was identical with the one re-
| ported by Mr.. Eimunds from the Judiciary
| Committee and passed by the Senate in
/ 1873 The report now made was a unani-
nous one, except as to a single member of
/ the committee, who was not present when
| the bill was considered.
Mr. Hale asked for the printing of the
bill at length in the Record. So ordered.
On motion of Mr.. Logan the Senate bill
| for the distribution by the National Board
Of Health of pure vaccine virus to the peo-
| pie was taken up by unanimous consent,
| the committees amendments were adopted,
/ and the bill passed.
! The Senate resumed consideration of the
3 per cent. bond bill, and Mr.. VOORHEES,
| completed his remarks.
| The pending amendment of Mr.. Hawley,
| limiting the withdrawal of bank circulation
under the fourteenth section OF the act of
! 1874 TO five millions per month, and reQuir-
/ ing thirty days previous notice thereof, was
then adopted. No further amendments be-
! ing offered, the vote was taken upon the
| final passage of the bill, and it was passed; !;
yeas 3S, nays Is. The vote in detail is as
| follows:
Yeas-Messrs. Aldrich, Anthony, Beck,
! Blair, Call, Camden, Cameron of Wisconsin,
| C0ckrell, COnger, Davis OF Illinois, Davis of
! West Virginia, Dawes, Farley, Ferry. George,
| GOrmsn, Hale, Harrison, Hill of Colorado,
! Hosr, Jackson, Jones of Florida, Lamar,
| McDll, Malone, Maxey, Miller Of CalifOr-
mia, Mitchell, Morrill,, Pendleton, Plumb,
Rausom, Rollins, Salisbury, Saunders, Saw
yer and Sherman-3S.
Nays-Messrs Bavard, Fair, Garland,
Groome, Hampton, Hawley, Ingalls,. John
ston, L7phsm, Morgan, Platt, Pugh, Slater,
West. Voorhees,, Walker, Williams and
| WindOm-1S.
! Messrs. Allison, Harrison and Van Wyck,
who were in favor of the bill, We're paired
! with Messrs. Brown, Teller and Grover.
Messrs. Butler, Frye, Jonas and Vance, who
were opposed to the bill, were paired with
| Messrs. Cameron of Pennsylvania, Hill OF
Georgia, Mcmillan d Kellogg, respective
| lv. Mr.. Sewell, who opposed the bill, was
also paired.
On motiol OF Mr. Ingalls,, bis resolution
declaring that the rension arrears law ought
| not to be repealed, was taken up and laid
over as unfinished business for Monday,
| Mr.. Butler having appended to it an amend
ment declaring in favor OF pensions to sol
diers of the Mexican war.
On motion of Mr. Vest, the Senate bill
| appropriating 100000 for a site for the rear
! War Department building, and the erection
| thereon of q brick ana metal fre-proOf
| building as a hall of records OF the War
! Department, uDon plans heretofore sub
mitted by the Quartermaster General, and
under his direction, was considered. The
| committees amendments, making the hall
the receptacle for legislative as well AS
executive, documents, were agreed to, and
| the bill passed.
1uC GcIdiC cpbu1 ECNClhl uOuiS III QiSCuco-
| ing, without action, an order OF business
proposed by Mr.. Anthony, extending the
morning hour until 1:3O O'Clock, and apply
| ing the five minute rule to debate, etc.
| Ga motion of Mr.. Morrill, the House bill,
admitting free of duty goods in bond con-
tributed for the relief of colOred immigrants
from the Southern States to Kansas, was
passed
At 4:3O the Senate adjourned till Monday.
| uOIrsp pROCEEDTNcS
The House proceeded as the business of
the morning hour on Friday, to the call OF
committees for reports of private charac-
! ter.
Mr. Rice, of Massachusetts,, from the
| Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported a
| bill for the relief of the Captain, owners,
officers and crew and their heirs and assigns
of the privateer General Armstrong. Placed
on the private calendar.
After all the committees had been called
the House went into committee of the
whole on the private calendar, Mr.. Dingley,
OF Maine, In the chair.
The first bill was one reported by Mr..
| Kelley,o Pennsylvania, from the Committee
Of Ways and Means, releasing the Philadel-
phia and Reading Railroad Company from
| taxes assessed on wages certificates hereto
fore issued by the company.
The bill gave rise to considerable debate,
which was opened by Mr.. Hammond, of
Georgia, in opposition. The amount issued
was $4S3 ZOO and the tax S4S3, 700. By a
vote Of 109 TO 45 the bill was laid aside to be
| reported unfavOrably.
The committee then arose and the bill
was reported back unfavOrably, and was
laid on the table-that is. defeated.
4 motion to adjourn till Monday was re-
| iected-yeas 104, nays 105-and then, at 5
o'clock, the House adjourned till tomorrow.
FULL TEXT OF THE FUNDING BILL.
The following is the full text OF the three
| per cent. funding bill as passed by the
| Senate to day:
b it enacted, etc., That the Secretary OF
the Treasury is hereby authorized to receive
at the Treasury and at the office of any
| Assistant Treasurer OF The United States,
and at any postal money order office,
/ to the amount of fifty dollars, or
any multiple OF that sum or any bonds
! of the United States, bearing 80 per cent
/ interest, which are hereby declared valid,
and to issue in exchange therefor an equal
amount Of registered or coupon bonds of
nations of $50, 500, $780, 81 900 and
! $4,000, Of such form as he may prescribe,
bearing interest at the rate OF per cent.
per annum, payable either quarterly or semi
| annually at the Treasury Of the United
| States. Such bonds shall be exempt from
/ all taxation by or under State authority,
| and be payable at the pleasure of the United
States, provided that the bonds herein
| authorized shall not be called In and
paid so long as any bonds of
| the United States heretofore issued
bearing a higher rate of interest
than per cent, and which shall be re-
/ deemable at the pleasure Of the United
| States, shall be outstanding and uncalled.
| The last of said bonds originally issued, and
/ their substitutes under this act shall be first
called in, and this order Of payment be fol-
| lowed until all shall have been paid.
The money deposited under this act shall
\ be promptly applied solely to the
redemption of the bonds of the United
| States bearing 81 per cent. interest, and
| the aggregate amount OF the deposits made
| and the bonds issued under this act shall
not exceed the sum Of 500 000, 600. The
| amount of lawful money so received on de-
posit as aforesaid shall not exceed at any
| time the sum of SIS, 900 600.
Before any deposits are received at any
postal money order Office under this act,
| the Postmaster at such Office shall file with
the Secretary OF the Treasury
| his bond, with satisfactory Sc
curity, conditioned that he will
/ promptly transmit to the Treasurer Of the
United States the money received by him
in conformity with regulations to be pre-
4 seribed by such Treasurer, and the deposits
with anv Postmaster shall not at any time
exceed the amount of his bond.
Section q Any national banking associa-
tion now organized or hereafter organized
desiring to withdraw its circulating notes
upon the depost of lawful money with the
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