New-York tribune., 1883-12-12
AvAsT NUMBER OF HOUSE BILLS.

GLANCE AT SOME LEGISLATION PROPOSED
WAsuINGToN, Dec. 11.-On yesterday ana
,olav 02l bills were intOduced in House ono o. inc
hills introduced to-day by Mr.. Keller IL proposes
constitutional amen mcnt providing that Congress sn
hoye mower nv appropriate legislation to secure 10 all
citizens of the United states equal privileges ana iu
tiesand the equal protection Of the laws and also 10
tbcir being deprived of fe liberty or property "'no'
dnc process of law Mr Mackey, of SouthFCaroh' "iS
introduced a bill proposing constitutional aiuen.'l .
declaring the rights and privileges OF all oAi''" ''
citizens to be the same. 49, -..,,,,.,
soe of the other bills to-day Were In prlei % es'o
n postal savings deposit as branch oil inc IoS' O".
for the better protection OF life properly
on lake Michigan by the construction OF harool Vi
refuge TO abolish the duty salt; TO pension 'ho e
vivors of the Mexican Florida and Black HAWK "aIsi "
tIli a limited States Mint at st. Louis; to prevent
tbe aduteratou OF food and drugs to ADMIT ieo ol u'
all grades of sugar; for the relief OF ahuO"hcrs "o'
land bas been destroyed by any navgable river TO COM
nel the payment by the Union Pacific Railroad company
Of the cost of surveying and selecting cerIah n''
granted 10 it; 10 reorgalSe the legislative power o OI
10 repea the duty sugar and moaSses 10 epea' 'no
tax on National bank circulation; 10 re"'ce
the fees for post office money orders; 10
nrevent frauds on the customs revenue; to pro
vide for the widows of keepers and surmen who lose the
lives in the Iesaving Services for the aDrogaoh oi 'e
treaty TO repeal the tax on e8dcles anu
successions; for the enforcement OF the eShrno Id"
for the return OF the Ddiduco Vi tho N"HOS"
fund giving notice the North German Confederation
NJ the termination of the treaty of 1868 general am
nesty bill TO abolish the test OATH TO reduce toone cent
the hostage on drop letters for the erection OF Poo
building at Troy N " for the relief Of fltz Jonn fore
n secure uniform standard OF yalue 10 lachtaee INC
egctiation Of bills of adng and other commercial is'u
ments TO authorize the purchase OF forelgnDut shpS
by United States citizens for use In the foreign carrying
,rade. To constitute Newburg, n. \"
mort Of entry; to amend the immigration act;
for the distribution of the unexpended balance
NJ tba eneya Award authorizing the construction OF
T,,1e across the Niagara River; for the redemption OF
the trade dOlar 10 establish uniform system OF DaA
rlntcy TO establish schools in Alaska to authorize me
retirement Of trade dollar; TO authorize tne Iee
nent of General Alfred Pleasonton Maj1GeneIal TO
,fnd certain direct taxes land collected from citizens
in the late usurrecOnaTy States to stop the coinage oi
the trade dollar reimburse the depoSltOrs IN he fceu
0uty on imported wool for the suppression OF
diseases among animals for the estahsnncht Oh C"seI
commercial relations and the peTIet tuat0n OF pSc0 DO
tween the United States and the Repubncs OF MCAico'
Central and South America and the Empire 81 BraZH
Bills were further introduced granting, d pen
sion 10 the widow OF the late General ). b.
Generai;s Department; for the forfeiture of the
laud grant Oregon Central Railroad Company lor
the relief of widows OF railway postal clerks mU MI
killed in the discharge of their dutyi for the irther
limatiOn of the coinage of silver dollars; proposing
constitutional amendment for the suppression oi
poygamy for the retirement OF Genera NJ - -HCIS5
H. ineIease the pension of One-arned and 0Eeltg-ed
soldiers To relieve certain soldiers OF the late war o
the charge OF deserOn to remove the tax on Dahk CIR
cuation; granting pension to the widow OF SuorGeh
era Ord making the trade dollar lega lehuer' gIo-
vinr for a treaty with the German Empire providing
for a Commission Immigration; for the transfer OF
the Indian Bureau 10 the War Department Tor the eee
2Ona as state; TO ostaDnsn lhe ltTIi!og VI NoI'n
Dakota I; for the admission Of Utah as state