The Lake Charles echo. [volume] (Lake Charles, Parish of Calcasieu, La.) 1876-1898, 1882-08-19
T,a.r nens.Ils 81. &c 60.

pertanf bills passed By the iase eessi1n o
congress, has been furnished since the nd
adjoarnnent Of that body
An act granting The ranking, privilege &
Lneretia Il. Garfield. This measure, Whiel
was approved December 20, 1881, was tht
first bill passed by both houses Of congress.
during the present session.
To provide for the appointment Of "A com
mission 10 Investigate the question Of tariff
To enable national banking associations Il
extend their corporate existence
Re-eEtAhlisbiug the Court of Commissioners
of Alabama Claims and for the distribution
OF the nnappVopriated moneys of the G2ensFa
award
To execute certain treaty Bsipalations re.
lating to the Chinese.
| To amend the Revised Statutes in reference
TO bigGmJ, and for other purposes tthe anti
p0lygamy bills.
/ Making an apportionment of representa-
tives in congress under the tenth census
To authorize the preparation and publics-
ton ola classified. analytical and descriptive
catalogue Of Sll government publications from
| Juiy 4, 1875, to March 4, 1881,
Authorizing the posfmaster4genera boIad-
| just certain claims of postmasters for loss By
burglars, fire, or other unavoidable casualty.
For the erection of public buildings at Dem
yer Col; Council Bluffs, Iowa Pensacola.
Fla Terre Hause, Ind. Quincy, Iii. Peoria,
ID. Louisville, KY; Frankfort. KY; HanDi-
bal, Mo-; Minneapolis, Mimi: Detroit Mich /:
Marquette, Mich; Oxford, Miss; Shreveport
La; Rochester, n. Y. ;SyEacuse, n. Y; Brook
lyn, n, Y; P0ughkeepsie, NJ y. concord. N
H Greensherough, n. C.. Columbus Ohio :
Erie, Penn. Scranton, Penn. ; Jackson, Tenn. !;
lialveslon, Texas Dallas, Texas Lynchburg,
Va; HHrrisonhurg, Va, and Abingdon Va
To provide for the construction OF a marine
hospital in The city of Memphis, Tenn.
An act making appropriations for the pay
nj ~ n he fErt rs M
fS541 00a).
Making an immediate appropriation for the
removal of distinctions at Eel Gate, n, Y,
$4,000.
Appropriating $4,000 for the purchase and
distribution Of seeds, under the direction of
the commissioner Of agriculture, 10 people In
localities oVerfiowed by the Mississippi river.
To admit free Of duty articles intended for
exhibition at the National Mining and Indus
trial Exposition, to be held in the city of Den
Yer in the year 1882 +
To admit free of duty articles intended for
the Exhibition of Art and Industry, to be held
at Boston, Mass, during The year 1888,
An net authorizing and directing the puT-
chase by the secretary OF the treasury OF the
property knowIeas the FreedmRn's Bank, in
Washington, d. C., at a cost of S250.0O0. n
Joint resolution concerning an international
fishery exhibition 10 be held at London, May,
1888. providing for an exhibit on the part Of
the United States(.
Joint resolutions appropriating $4,000 for
the sufferers by The Mississippi floods, Il
An act directing the secretary Of war TO pay
over to the Soeiaty of the Army Of the Cum
berland $500 to aid in the erection Of statue
or monument TO General James i. Garfield.
To provide for deductions from the gross
tonnage of The United States vessels.
To amend the Revised Statutes SO as 10 ex-
tend TO foreign vessels the provisions OF in |
spection laws now applicable to domestic yes
sells only. |
An act to regulate the carriage Of passen- |
gers upon ocean steamships, and the act 10 |
regulate Immigration known respectively as |
the Deuster till and the head money hill).
To correct al error in section 2405,of the /
Revised Statutes, Or what is known as the /
bill
The amount appropriated during the pres
ant session of congress, included in The regu-
lar annual appropriation bills, the river and
larbor, pensions, the deficiency, and miseel-
RneOus appropriations aggregate S244, 243,-
J97 81. The following arc the principal bills
and joint resolutions Of general interest re-
naming on the senate calendar: 4
10 establish a uniform system Of bank
uptey throughout the United States. /
To authorize the payment of customs duty
n legal tender notes.
To establish branch mint of the United
states at Omaha heh.
To regulate and improve the civil service of
he United States
To incorporate the Maritime Canal com
'eny of Nicaragua
To provide for ocean mail service between
be United States and foreign ports.
To incorporate the Inter-0eeanic Ship Rail
Jay company (the Eads BILL l.;
To authorize the secretary Of the interior to !
seertain and certify the amount of land 10 /
ated with military warrants in the States de- /
cribed therein. In
Joint resolution proposing an amendment
ln1Di uDla4 10 ala 10. Il
guors. III
Joint resolution providing for q commission
consider and report what Legislation is I
seded for the better regulation OF commerce /
noAg the states.
To authorize the construction Of building
1r The congressional library. q
To establish an educational fund, and TO S
pply a portion Of the proceeds OF the sales of ;,
ablic lands to public education. 1.-THE SINH d
r bill tOdeFote the whisky taxes to the estab- v
shrnent Of All educational fund has not vet Il
,aehed the calendar, being still in the hands .
the committee On education and labor 4
To constitute the department Of agriculture s
a executive department, and TO enlarge its a
overs and duties
FOrthe establishment Of bureau Of animal G
lduBtTg. 1 /
For the relief of Fitz John Porter
amending the revised statutes in reference :
} the disqualification of persons who aided / /
I abetted the rebellion from appointment to ,
ny position in the army OF the United States
To establish a United States court in the
adian Territory, aud for other purposes. q
The Vest bill
To provide for the performance of the duties
the office of president in case of removal,
cath, resignation, Or inability, both OF the ,
resident and vice president. IL
The senate bill to regulate the counting of |
be electoral vote failed to obtain favorable
etion in the house. II