The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-05
FORTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS.
SENATE.

SENATE.
Washington, 4.-BilIs introduced
By Ipgails, to amend the arrears Of
pension law by removing certain
limitations in that act. By Bees.
providing for the removal of all dis
abilities imposed by the L 4th amend
ment to the Constitution, also an
thoriZing American citizens to pnr
chase fOreign.built ships and en-
gage in the foreign carrying trade.
By Edmunds, to provide for the
further protection OF cOlOred citi-
zens of the United States against
the violation OF certain rights Sc
cured by the Constitution also to
establish a postal telegraph System.
By Sherman, to provide for tie
issue Of circulation by national
| banks, allowing the circulation TO
be issued for 90 per cent. market
value of bond instead of the face
value.
Beck, to repeal the act of July I'd,
1862. and such sections of the re-
vised statutes of the United States
as perpetuate the oath prescribed by
the fourteenth amendment; also TO
authorize the payment of custom
duties in legal tenders.
Edmunds, to amend section 1856
and 1857 of the revised statutes. 1t
abOlishes the irOn-clad oath, and
fixes one oath for all officers alike,
saving, however. all provisions
against rebel claims and penalties !;
also redraft of the bill posted by
the committee on Judiciary some
years ago, dealing in general with
the rights Of colored citizens, espee
cially with the view to securing
them free vote and fair count Of
votes. Edmunds, commenting upon
the first bill introd iced by him to-
day. said: 1t undertakes to provide
security for the protection of COL
Ored citizens of the URited States
against the inhuman. wicked and
unholy distinctions that in some
States are still made against them
irrespective of rights, and TO protect
them consistently with the late de-
cision of the Supreme Court of the
United States. Coke presented a
petition from the United States at
torney of the western district of
Texas, praying for legislation to
correct the evil of judges appoint
ing relatives to offices in their
courts.
Blair introduced a bill to establish
a bureau of statistics and labor IN
der the department of the interior;
also bill to regulate the hours OF
workmen and mechanics in the en-
ploy of the United States, limiting
the number of hours that
constitute a days work 10
eight, and providing that where
ever found necessary to substitute
labor by the hour for labor by the
day, such labor to be paid for at the
rate of one-eighth of days pay for
each hour.
Logan to appropriate and expend
S50,000,000 derived from internal
revenue taxes, and the sale of pub
lie lands, for the education of all
children living in the UnitedIStates,
HOar, to provideIfor the perform
ance of the duties of the Office OF
President in the case of death,
resignation or inability of both the
President and Vice~President; also
to fix a day for the meeting of elecl
tors Of President and Vice-Presi- |
dent, and provide for and regulate |
the counting of votes for President |
and Vice-President. Also a bill |
providing uniform system of |
bankruptcy-the Lowell bill.
Logan, to provide for pensioning
prisoners of the war confined in |
Confederate prisons in the late war.
Brown, to extend the time in
which action can be brought IN the
court of claims, under the pro-
visions of the captured abandoned |
property act, for two years.
Van Wyck, declaring,that railroad
corporations shall pay within sixty
days the costs of surveying and |
Sherman and Bayard the com mittee
appointed with a committee of the
House to wait on the President and |
inform him that both housts were
organized and ready to receive any
communication be might make, re-
turned to the Senate. Sherman an
nounoed that the committee had per-
formed it's duty. The President in
reply requested the committee to
convey to the two houses in his be-
half the compliments of the season,
and congratulations on the organiza-
ton, and cay that be would ;mmedi-
ately communicate in writing, within
q few minutes.
The message Was received and read |
and the Senate adjourned.
HOUSE,