Iron County register., 1882-08-03
FORTY.SEVENTH CONGRESS.

| THE tax bill came up in the Senate on the
| 18th and Mr.. Becks amendment reducing the
| tax on manufactured tobacco to II cents q
pound was adopted-29 to 26. motion to
adjourn was lost by a party vote, when Mr..
voorhees, moved to strike from the bill the
capital and deposits, and the stamp tax on
checks, etc. Pending the motion, Mr.. Allison.
| resolution continuing the appropriations Of
| the last fiscal year until July 81. Adopted.
The House resumed consideration of the
South Carolina contested election case of
Smalls VS.. Tillman. The resolution declaring
Tillman not elected was agreed to-yeas, l+5;
luton declared smalls entitled to the seat,
and it was carried-yeas, 14l; nays, o.
esSTs FoTS Of %a
of Texas, and Calkins, of Indiana. The
Speaker stated that in footing up the former
a mistake and that the vote should have
been, yeas, IA; navs, l. 1t would. he said,
now voted in the affirmative, this making n
quorum. Mr.. SmalIs appeared at the bar and
took the oath of office.
In the Senate, July 90, Mr.. Cockrell
called up the House joint bill to relieve GER
tain soldiers of the late war from the charge
of desertion. The details of the meas
IRE were discussed by I Messrs Gockrell;
Blair, When MIR. morrill, moved to pro- -
ceed with the tax bill. and Mr.. Hale
supplemented this with motion to take up
bate followed upon the order of business, and
Mr.. Morrill's motion prevailed-35 to %. The
pending amendment, to strike out the prOvi-
sion repeating the taxes on bank capital and
deposits, bank checks, drafts, etc, was re-
jected-I5 to Al. Senate committee amend
ment to the first section, amended
by the reduction of the tax on tobacco,
was tn then agreed to.Ss .;o to 3; ~ The
the section. The portion adopted fixes the
tax on manufactured tobacco after January
that fhp rpnaal of the tA canifal and
deposits of banks and bankers shall not af
feet such taxes as are now due and payable,
Vouchers shall not take effect until
sideration of the Alabama contested election
case of Smith VS.. Shelley. Mr.. Ranney. of
Mass, presented the case for the majority,
and urged that inasmuch as the contestant,
who had been legally elected. had recently
died the seat be declared vacant. Adopted
145 to /.
THE conference report on the river and
harbor bill recommending concurrence in all
the items except those relating to the Poto-
mac flats, the Hennepin and the Chesapeake
canals, and the Mississippi iappropriation,was
new conference committee was appointed to
dispose of the, rejected items. House
in. Consideration of the revenue tax bill
was resumed and the amendment of Mr..
Bayard. reta,nng the match stamp tax,
disposing of the first section an
adjournment was ordered-29 to 26. In the
House, new conference committees were ap-
pointed on the RIVER and ha bor bill and the
general deficiency appropriation bill. The
bill to modify the postal money order system
passed. Also bills to classify and fix salaries
for the railway mail service; to authorize
extension of post routes; to fix compensation
OF fourth-class postmasters.
In the Senate, July %, a resolution was
adopted calling for the amount of expendi-
lures in each State since 1879 for public build
ings, rivers, harbors, etc. The first section of
the revenue bill was adopted. An amendment
to the second section, allowing tobacco grow
ers to sell without paying tax as dealers, was
rejected. An amendment to the third section,
fixing the taxes on snuff and manufactured
tobacco after Jan. l. 1888, at cents pound,
gave rise to prOtracted debate, which was
cut Off by motion to adjourn. In the House
bills passed. Regu ating the carrying of pas
sengers by sea; opening to settlement land in
Colorado lately occupied by UncOmpahgre
and White River Utes
ANOTHER conference committee was ap-
pointed to settle a disagreement on the legis-
lative appropriation bill, in the Senate, on
the 9th. The revenue bill was discussed and
the amendment to reduce the tobacco tax to
eight cents voted down. The rebate
clause was debated and amended. In the
House, Messrs. Knott and Payson presented ,
the views of the minority of the committee on
the Northern Paciuc land grant. The report /
was ordered printed Further conference on
the legislative bill was ordered. Bills were
introduced to forfeit the unpatented lands of
the Northern Pacific grant and to amend the
as to permit the veto of Sepa-
rate items of an appropriation bill. |