The Portland daily press., 1882-06-20
XLVIIth Congress list Session.
SENATE.

Mr.. Anthony presented petition from the
wives, widows and daughters of naval officers,
lraying that prize money now assigned to
commissioned officers shall be paid directly into
the naval pension fund (Which already amounts
to $14, ,000,0C0) and that pensions of widows and
orphan children of deceased officers be in
creased to one fourth of the pay on waiting
orders.
Mr. Frye reported from the Committee on
Rules, resolution amending Rule 4, to pro-
vide that in the absence of the Vice President
the Senate shall choose a President pro tenn
pore, who, when temporarily absent, may de-
signate in writing Senator to perform the du-
ties of the chair for the day and during such
temporary absence until the Senate shall other
wise order. Placed on the calendar.
Mr.. Hoar, from the Judiciary Committee,
reported as a substitute for the resolutions and
bills on the subject referred to that committee,
the bill introduced by him last week to provide
for the performance of the duties of the Office
of President in case of removal, death, resg
nation or inability, both of the President and
Vice President
The Senate then took up the House bill to
regulate the carriage of passengers by sea. The
bill passed without dissent.
The joint resolution appropriating $375,C00
voted in 1877 to pay Southern mail contractors,
came up on the calendar and occupied the re-
nainder of the morning hour.
The River and Harbor bill was received
from the House and referred to the Committee
on Commerce.
The House bill to extend charters of national
banks came up es unfinished business Mr..
Hawley temporarily in the chair
After some debate upon section s, Mr.. Alli-
son offered a substitute providing that national
banks having capital of $100,cSoor less shall
not be required to keep on deposit or deposit
with the United Statas Treasurer, United
States bonds in excess of ono third of their
capital stock as security for circulating notes;
and such of these banks having on deposit
bonds IN excess of that amount, are authorized
to reduce their circulation by the deposit of
lawful money as provided by law-provided
the amount of such circulating notes shall not
in any case exceed 80 rar cent. of the par val
ne of bonds deposited asherein provided. The
substitute was adopted, and motion to strike
out the section as amended, was rejected.
The 9th and 10th sections in regard to the
withdrawal and issue of circulating notes was
agreed to without debate. The 18th and 18th
are new sections report ID from the finance
committee The first authorizes the retunding
OF the 81 per cents into threes, and the other
directs the issue of gold certificates. The 11th
section was adopted, and the 18th section was
read
Mr.. Coke moved AN amendment directing
the issue of silver as we'll as gold certificates,
and designated to continue the present silver
certificates
Mr.. Sherman incidentally expressed himself
as decidedly in favor of stopping the coinage
Of silver dollars, but earnestly desired the
postponement of action at this time, and the
bill was laid over until tomorrow, without ac-
tion.
Adjourned
HOUSE.
Under the call of states bills were introduc-
ed and offered by Mr.. Dingley of Maine, pro-
viding that wire rope, iron, mass and iron
yards intended for the equipment of vessels
built in the United States for the purpose of
being employed in foreign trade including the
trade between the Atlantic and Pacific ports OF
the United States may be imported in bond
| free of duty.
Mr.. Calkins of Indiana under instructions
| from the committee on elections moved to sus-
| pend the rule and pass the bill facilitating the
| trial of conteste d election cases by providing
machinery by which testimony in
| those cases may be submitted to the committee
| on elections at an earlier day than is now prac-
| ticable Agreed to.
| Mr.. Dunnell of Minnesota, under instruc~
| tions from the committee on ways and means,
| moved to suspend the rules andi pass the bill
providing that thereafter collectors of internal
| revenue shall be appointed for term of four
| years.
| Mr.. Bayne of Pennsylvania opposed the
| bill.
| Other gentlemen entered into the discussion
| and the motion was lost.
| Mr.. O'Neill under an instruction from the
| committee on appropriations moved to suspend
| the rules and pass the pension appropriation
bill which appropriation is 1G0,0C0000. This
was agreed to and the bill passed without di-
| vision.
A motion to suspend the rules and pass the
| bill authorizing the secretary of the treasury
until July 1, 1884, to receive trade dollars and
| give standard silver dollars in exchange, and
repeating all laws authorizing the coinage of
| trade dollars was ageed to.
| The following bills were also passed Inder
suspension of the rules: To regulate immigra-
| tion; to establish bureau of animal industry
and to prevent expectation of diseased cattle,
| and spread of infectious or contagious diseases
| among domestic animals; a joint resolution was
also passed accepting the invitation of the
British government to be represented at an In
ternational fishing exhibition in London, May,
1883. and appropriating $4,000 therefor.
Adjourned