Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-05-24

W 11ldLl JOuuSOL tutl lOIGy-SlA OGuGISs DeluS
the surplus of military assessment paid by them
and accounted for to the United States in ex-
cess of the amount required for indemnity for
which it was levied and collected. g. Cameron
(Wis.) reported favorably from the committee
the bill approprlating 800 600 for public
building at Lacrosse. After an executive
session, adjourned.
FRIDAY, May 19.-House bills for public
buildings at the points named with the amount
of appropriations stated passed: Louisville,
$500, 1000; Hannibal, $15,oO0; Detroit, 5000, 600;
Council Bluffs, 100000. The senate bill appro.
priating 100000 for a building at La Crosse
also passed. The per cent. land bill was
then passed. 1t provides that lands entered by
military scrip or bounty land warrants in the
states of Ohio, Ind1apa, Illinois, Missouri,
Michigan, Wisconsin,, Minnesota, Iowa, Ne
braska, Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Alabama,
Mississippi, Florida, Oregon, Nevada and Col
orado, including Virginia military and United
States military land warrants located in Ofio,
shall be construed to come within the provision
the proceeds of public lands disposed of within
their borders by the association making the
same, ETC.; the lands to be estimated at $1.25
per acre and payment to be made in cash. It
also provides that money remaining on the
books of the treasury to the credit of any public
land states under the act of 1886, which dis
tributed treasury surplus, shall not be charged
as an offset against any part Of the amount
coming to the state under the bill. The bill
prohibits the states from paying any part of
the money received by them to agents or attor-
neys for services in procuring the passage of
the act or in connection with the claims Of
states unless such payments are authorized by
Adjourned till Monday.
House.
MONDAY, May 15.-Lynch introduced bill to
reimburse depositors of the Freedman's Saw
ings and Trust Company for losses incurred by
the failure of said company. "A resolution
was adopted directing the secretary of war to
inquire into the propriety of purchasing the
dwelling-house in Washington in which Lincoln
died. The house--yeas 155, nays 48--sus-
pended the rules and passed the bill providing
that no action for damages for infringements
of patents shall be sustained for the use Of any
patented article or device when it shall appear
ON trial that defendant purchased such article
for valuable consideration IN open market.
-. The commissioner of pensions informed
$16,00n,000 to meet June payments of army
pensions should be made available by the 25th
inst. Adjourned.
TUESDAY, May 16.-The house resumed con-
sideration of the national bank charter bill.
Debate occupied the entire day.
WEDNESDAY, May 17.-Hazelton (Wis.) from
the committee on elections submitted a report
Uu CI6c VI llONo SSs VAccAOIs AldDduld COA-
testants, declaring the contestant Iowe) en-
titled to the seat. The commissioner of ag1i-
culture informed the house that chinchona
seeds had been distributed, but there is little
hope for the growth of the plant, except in
Southern California and Southern Florida.
Adjourned.
THURSDAY, May 1S.-On motion of Kasson
the bill passed providing that any person being
originally q citizen of the United States who
has been naturalized as a subject of Great
Britain, may publicly declare his remuneration
of such naturalization and resume his character
and privileges as citizen Of the United States
by signing an instrument to that effect. 90.
Amendments were adopted as follows: The ma
tional bank charter bill was then consid-
cred; that national banks now organized or
hereafter organized, having capital of $780,
900 or less shall not be required to keep de-
post With the treasurer of the United States
of United States bonds in excess of $40, 1000 as
security for their circulating notes; and such of
those banks having on deposit bonds In excess
of that amount are authorized to reduce their
circulation on the deposit of lawful money
hereafter brought by or against a national
banking association, except suits between them
and the United States, CT its officers or agents,
shall be the same as jurisdiction for suits
brought by or against banks not organized un-
der any law of the United States which do or
might do banking business where such ma
tional banking association may be doing busi-
ness when such suits may be begun; that the
organization Of any banking association intend
ed to replace any existing banking association
and retain the name thereof, holders of stock
in the expiring association shall be entitled to
preference in the allotment of shares Of the new
association in proportion to the number OF
shares held by them respectively in the expir-
ing associations; that every banking association
which shall obtain the benefit of this act shall
pay the cost of preparing plates for such new
circulating notes as shall be issued to it, and all
other costs incident to the substitution of such
new circulating notes for old, in addition to the
tax now imposed on banking associations by
law. Adjourned.
FRIDAY, May l9.-Townsend (Ohio) intro
duced bill to establish the board of COM
of the interior department. Referred. The
house resumed consideration of the bank
charter extension bill. Crapo offered as an ad-
ditional section an amendment providing that
on the deposit of bonds the association making
the same shall be entitled to receive from the
equal in amount to 80 per cent. of current
market value not exceeding par OF United
States bonds 80 transferred and delivered. It
further provides that at no time shall the total
amount Of such notes issued exceed 80 per
cent. of the amount actually paid in of the
capital stock, and repeals sections 5171 and
sic of the revised statutes. Adopted, yeas
1O9, nays 80. Morrison Qn.) offered an amend
ment, which was adopted. providing congress
may at any time amend, alter or repudiate this
act and acts of which this is amendatory. The
bill was then passed-yeas 125, nays 67.....
Adjourned.
SATURDAY, May 2O.-The senate amendment
to the house bill WAS agreed to authorizing the
receipt of United States gold coin in exchange
for gold bars :. .Hiscock reported the genera
| deficiency bill. Printed and recommitted
does not include pension claims, for which .
special appropriation of SIG, ,000, 600 has beer
made The election case of Mickey vs. O'Con
| nor in the second district of South Carolina wal
taken up, but the democrats fiibustered to sucl
an extent that the attempt to secure action II
the case wss abandoned and an adjournmen
was taken. --'. - F..