The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-12-19
XLVII. CONGRESS.
SECOND SESSION.
SENATE

Washington, Fisherman intro
duced the bonded spirits bill agreed
on to-day by the finance committee.
The bill went over on the objection
of ingalls,.
Nest submitted a minority report
of the shipping committee. Ordered
printed.
The bill repeating the discriminate
ing duties on goods produced east of
the Cape of Good Hope. Passed.
Pugh offered an elaborate amend
ment to the civil service bill.
The Indian appropriation bill
came up and the civil service bill
was laid aside.
Grover, from the committee on
public lands, reported a bill author
iZing the sale of certain public prop
erty at upper Astoria, and asked
present consideration.
ingalls, objected.
n Beck said he had called for infor-
nation in regard to the discrepancy
between the appropriation and re-
ported expenditures, and thought it
satisfactorily explained in the COM
munication of the secretary of the
| interior.
Dawes, in charge of the bill made
a brief statement Of its provisions.
The amount appropriated last year
was S., 477,000; the appropriation
this year would be 1922 900 less
than last year. The bill was then
read and all the amendments re-
ported by the committee on Indian
affairs agreed to. In the discussion,
Beck said in making appropriations
to pay teachers, blacksmiths, ETC.,
upon reservations, were in accord
ance with OR absurd treaties and
were waste of money. These APP
preparations were made from year
to year, while among many of the
tribes no school houses were ever
opened. The young Indians could
hardly be caught with a lasso, much
less confined in school houses. The
money was spent upon supernu
meraries,
Brown as a question of personal
privilege denied the statement in
the Washington papers, that the
committee to attend Senator Hills
funeral had been extravagent.
Hoar, from the committee on judi
ciar reported, with amendments, the
bankruptcy bill. The amendment!
are, first, excepting from the tern
Grader" as used in the bill, persons
who buy goods and merchandise fol
sale onlyto tenants, employees anC
laborers; second, providing that the
attorney general shall annually lay
before Congress table showing the
number of bankruptcy proceed
ings, voluntary or involuntary
amount of dividends paid
expenses of procedure, etc.
third, adding clause specifying
that the following shall be deemed
as committing an act Of bankruptcy
GOT shall after the passage of the
act sell or agree to sell or buy al
a future period longer than three
days from date, such sale or pur
| chase of stock, bonds or other secu
rites, grain, food, provisions, pro
vender, cotton, wool, silk OF 20
! bacco, without such vendor being
at the time of making, such con
tract the owner or assignee or trus
tee Of property sold or agreed to b
sold, or the authorized agent o
such owner, assignee, or trustee
| fourth; providing if proceedings Il
a bankruptcy case are not pre-
ceeded to its conclusion with!
nine months from the filing OF pet
tions, the proceedings shall be dis
missed by the court, and the partie
placed in the same position Q
regard their rights as debtor an
creditor as at the commencement c
suit.
The House resolution in regard
death reports, was laid before th
Senate.