Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1883-03-06

bills and Joint resolutions have been intro
duced in the two houses-S0lS in the House
and 1852 in the Senate-aud Of these S32
have been introduced in the House and 357
in the Senate during the session just closed.
In each house q great majority OF these
measures still remain with the committees 10
which they we're referred, and of those re-
ported from the committees the larger num-
Der remain upon the calendars OF the respect
i've houses.
BILLS THAT HAVE BECOME LAWS.
Aside from the regular annual appropria-
ton bills, 163 bills and joint resolutions
passed both houses during this session and
have become laws. Among the more I'M
port.nt Of these are the following:
The tax and tariff bill Ito reduce the revenue).
The civil service bill.
The japanese indemnity fund bill.
To provide for a new mixed commission, in &C
coTdance with the tresty Of April Is 1860, between
the United states and Venezuela.
To modify the postal money-order system and
for other purposes.
To readjust the salary of postmasters.
To afford assistance aud relief 10 Congress and
the executive departments in the Investigation OF
claims against the government.
To prevent The importation OF adulterated tea.
To encourage the holding of a Worlds industrial
and Cotton Centennial Exposition il 1884.
To amend the act repeating tho discriminating
duties on goods produced east OF the Cape OF Good
Hope.
Joint Resolutions.
To adjudicate the claims of New York brokers
for taxes.
70 print the agricultural reports for 1881 and
1882.
To allow Canadian grain to be brought over the
border TO be ground.
10 erect monument to Gen. DeKslb.
Presenting the thanks OF Congress TO John I;
slater for his educational bequest to colored
people.
pended for the common defense in 1877.
To establish the tile of the United States to the
xnthorizing the ssIe Of certain property at Har-
rodsburg. KY, belonting TO the Soldiers, Home
Ceding to the First TaxiE District of Tennessee
a lot of land situated in that District
To refund to the State Of Oregon and California
moneys paid in the suppression of the Modoc war.
Court OF the United States at Wichita, Ks, and
for other purposes.
Extending the time, for filing claims for horses
lost by officers and enlisted men.
To amend section 1852 of the Revised Statutes
relative To the tax on tobacco;
To amend sections 1926 and 1927 of the Revised
Statutes so as to extend the jurisdiction of
justices of the peace in Washington, Idaho and
To admit free of duty a monument to Gen.
Weshin2ton.
Authorizing the examination and auditing of
certain claims against the Freemsn's Savings
Bank and the payment of certain dividends
barred by the act of February 81, 1881.
To increase the fees of witnesses in the Star
Route cases from west of the Mississippi river.
To regulate the construction OF bridges across
A bill to regulate the export of tobacco in bond.
Hills LEFT ON THE CALENDAR AND SPEAK
ER's TABLE.
In addition to the long list OF propositions
which found their last restins-plsce in the
pigeon holes Of the various committees of
the House, 760 bills and joint resolutions are
left upon the calendars, and 233 upon the
Speakers table. having failed 10 secure final
action by the House.
The calendar of the Committee of the
Whole, which is composed OF propositions
Involving the expenditure of money on the
part of the government, contains, among
others, the following:
For the appointment of liquor traffic comnis-
Providing for permanent construction fund
To regulate the collection of the tax on Weiss
beer.
Authorizing the construction OF vessels of war;
Providing for ocean mail service.
The Hennepin canal bill.
For toe construction OF the Illinois and Missis-
For board of commissioners on interstate
commerce.
To create an agricultural commission.
To create a commission on immigration.
The title OF the bills on the House cAlen-
dar fill ten printed pages. Those OF the
greatest Importance are:
To establish postal savings depository
The French spoIlation bill.
To promote the efficiency of the Revenue Marine
Service, also of the .enai Corps.
Declaring forfeited certain railroad land grants.
To limit the coinage of silver standard dollars
and to suspend the issue of silver certificates.
To establish a uni orm system of bankruptcy.
For the issue OF gold certificates.
Permitting the use of domestic materials IN the
construction of ships for foreign account.
To incorporate the Nicaragua Maritime Com
Pany.
To declare the forfeiture of the Texas Pacific
railroad land grant.
To authorize the consolidation OF the Southern
Pacific and other railroad companies.
For treaty with the German Empire.
The titles of bills left untouched on the
private calendar fill twenty. FIVE pages, and
represent SEINE 400 bills.
Under the head Special Orders" left
Enacted on, are the following:
To prevent political assessments.
To aid in the support of common schools.
and Indian wars.
Under the head of "Unfuished Business"
the only matter OF importance is the bill TO
regulate the carriage of passengers by sea,
with the Presidents veto message.
Under the head, Business on the Speak
er's Table," are the following:
To regulate immigration.
Reaisg to the entry of distilled spirits in dstil
lery and special bonded warehouses and - the
withdrawal of same.
Under the head of "BIlls from the Senate"
on their first and second reading, there are
ninety five bills Enacted upon that came over
from the first session of the Forty-seventh
Congress- and thirty-one for the second sea-
sion. Among the latter are the following:
For the survey of the Passes between the afiiu-
ents of the upper Mississippi and Columbia rivers.
For the performan of presidential duties in
case of the removal, death, resign.t ton insbil
ity of both the President and Vice-President
For the .ief OF Fitz John Porter.
The bills and resolutions remaining upon
the calendar of the Senate, reported from
committees but not finally acted upon, num-
Der 39S. Some OF the more important are:
The resolution proposing an amendment to the
constitution in relation to the manufacture i'm
portation and yale of intoxicating liquors,
The resolution extending the tranking priv
ilege.
Medical aud Surgical History Of the Var
The bill to establish branch mint at Omahl.
Making government paper currency legal tender
To incorporate the Interoeean Ship Railway
Company.
utiVe deps rtment.
To estsbiih bureau of animal industry.
To place Thomas l.. Crttenden on the retired
list OF the army as brigadier general
Admitting Dakota to the Unisn.
10 exempt reignL vessels 81 les d tn 1 twenty
The bill providing form OF government Tor
Alaska.
Supreme Court of the United States.
To provide for the Investigation and settlement |
Of claims sgainst the United States which, in JUS
ice and good conscience, ought to be paid.
The resolution 10 appoint commission on the
revival Of international commerce IN the United |
states in steamships suitable for naval purposes
To prevent the payment OF double pensions.
To enable corporations 70 become surety on |
,ficial bonds.
Increasing the area of the Yellowstone Park.
To relieve ships from compulsory pllotage.
To suppress the opium traffic betweenthe United
,fatas and China 81
To provide for a specific annual appropriation |
or fifteen years for school purposes en- basis OF /
llitersey-
The "Dingly" shipping bill, which passed
he House early in January, was not taken
10 by the Senate till Saturday at midnight. |
Objections having been raised, which seemed
Q jeepsrdize the passage of the bill, the
Commerce Committee Withdrew the tonnage
nd mail pay sections, which they had
dded, and the bill, with some amendments,
hen passed. Two hoHrs later the bill |
cached the House, and attempts were made
0 send il to the Committee of Conference, |
r to pass it az amended under a suspension
( the rules. Osing, however, 10 the dead
ock over the South Carolina election case,
be House refused to entertain either motion
nd the shipping bill failed.
The river and harbor bill, sppropriating
8 .O47, 900, was s;rapgled in the Senate BY a
notion 10 lay on the table upon the last day
the session.
Among other propositions which failed to
each the status Of legislative enactment were
ne following:
To forfeit the land grants of the Northern Pacific
exas Pacific, Atlandc and Pacific and other rail
,ads.
To reduce the amounts paid land grant railroads
II Transporting the mails.
To place Gen Grant upon the retired list
To consututs wife competent witness against
sr husband IN prosecutions for polygamy.