Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1882-07-22

$40 "a cents; exceeding SO and not exceed.
inc ssO 40 cents; exceeding $50 aud not ex.
cesd;no 800, As cents. The bill passed after
,bs LECTION OF some amendments.
M Tovnshend lIlll offered an amend
poe1t which was ruled out or roiht of or
der reducipg letter postage 10 two cents. and
f, .bo..s..iug postage on second-clSss mail
| matter.
the senate bill to designate, classify and FIX
salaries Of persons 10 the railway mail
service. II designates all such persons as
! ar.iIvav postal clerks," and divides them
into Eve classes, with the following-s,laries:
First class. $500; second class, $500; third
.iass. $1,000; fourth class. $1,000; fifth class.
s14Oo A formal au,endmer. will render
Necessary it, return to the senate.
The hi was taken up authorizing the post
m sster-geueral to extend post routes for
distance of twenty-five miles bevc:d either
Terminal point, when the mail service may
be thereby improved; provided, that not
more tbau one extension sh all be In ade dur
ing any contract term;
The bill ss amended passed.
The bill pzsse,I 90 cvln pensaiIon OIL
fonrth-cIass postmastefs 1t provides that
in no case shall there be allowed any post
rnaster. of this class a compensation greater
than $3.50 In any one of the first three quar-
tiers of auv year, exclusive of money order
commissions, and in the last quarter of each
6.cal wear there shall be allowed such fur
Their ann "a be may be entitled to under the
provisions Of this act, not exceeding for the
whole fiscal year $1,000 exclusive of money
order commissions.
Mr.. Eiughsm Pa. from the Committee
on Postoffices and Postroads, reported a bill
proyiding that wbsnever necessary to in
crease speed upon which mail ia carried uu-
der contract on any posiroute service shall
be readyertised for the shorter schedule re-
ouired, Placed on the calender. Also pro-
yiding that no bidder for mail service shall
be required TO furnish with his bid or propo-
sal check or draft. Placed on the calendar.
Ibe House then adjourned.
.Senate.-Ths House bill to f. the time for
holding the terms of circuit and district
courts OF the United States in the Northern
district of Ohio passed.
Senator Mcmillan submitted the confer
epce report on the river and harbor bill, and
stated that agreements had been reached
upon all the items except those relating TO
The Potom &C fats, the Hennepin and Chesa-
peake canals, and the Mississippi river ap-
the controversy upon the latter |
being as to the amount. He said that the |
confreres recommended a concurrence as to |
all the items agreed upon, and that the Sem |
ate insist upon it's amendments in the four |
items names, and the appointment of a new |
conference.
Senators Allison and Logan protested
against the adoption of the report as jeop-
ardizing the four items upon which no agree |
ment had been reached, and which they re-
yarded as essential features of the bill, and |
4 long debate ensued.
The conference report was finally adopted |
yeas, Al; nays, IL.
On motion OF Senator Logan, the House
amendment to the Senate amendment to the /
pension appropriation bill was concurred in,
ind the bill now goes to the President.
The Senate then resumed confederation of
he House revenue tax bill, which continued
lp to the hour of adjournment.
Senator Bayard, by request, introduced
bill authorizing Samuel L. Barlow and
)rozio Lugo, Of New York, Albert G. Beezby
md William McCallister, of Pennsylvania,
md their associates, to lay a submarine
able between the United States and Europe,
Referred.
The Senate adjourned until tomorrow.