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to the Pacific railroads for mail service was
agreed to.
The Senate then proceeded to the considera-
ton of the tariff bill.
HOUSE.
THURSDAYS PROCEEDINGS.

cent. of the drawback received by any ship
owner shall be paid to the artisans employed in
the construction or repair Of a vessel.
The debate on the eighteenth section was
then closed and the House proceeded to the
vote upon the amendment.
The first amendment was that offered to the
original section by Mr.. Holman, and which
provides that fifty per cent. of the drawback
shall be paid to the labOrers employed in the
construction Of any vessel 1t was rejected
yeas 10I, nays 1873
The question then REQUIRED on Mr.. Gamblers
CMass.) free-ship amendment to the proposed
substitute, and it was agreed to-yeas 12G, nays
10i.
Mr. CoXrlN " then offered to substitute his
free material amendment limiting it, however,
to materials to be used in the construction OF
the vessels for the foreign trade, and it was
agreed tO-yeas 123, nays 10G
The House then, without coming to vote on
the substitute, adjourned.
FRIDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, on Friday, the 18th inst, the
consideration Of the shipping bill was resumed,
and the committees substitute limiting the
amount of drawback to the tonnage tax col
lected in any one year and providing for free
ships and free materials was adOpted-yeas
134, nays Sc.
The section excmpting vessels engaged in
the foreign carrying trade from State taxation
it from the bill. The motion was agree to.
Mr.. Reed moved to strike out sections Is, 10
and 20 of the bill, which contain the free ship
and free material provisions, and the machinery
for carrying out those provisions. The motion
was agree tO-yeas l59, nays "a.
The bill was then passed.
SATURDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House on Saturday, the 18th inst, the
session was mainly devoted to the consideration
1.
priatiOn bill was tak0u up and after being
amended by adding S5,000O00 to the amount
appropriated for any pensions, was passed
yeas 176, nays 3. II appropriates in round num-
berS $50, 100000, making with the S15,O0O,OO0
which the Commissioner estimates will remain
uneXpended at the end of the present fiscal
year, total of $10l, 100000 for the next fiscal
year.
The Notifications bill was also passed. It ap-
propriates $40, 900 for the r,pair and 100000
for the armament of Notifications, and $4,000
fOT torpedOcs for harbor defens es total 1929 0OO
The House then proceeded to the cOnsid-
Grafton Of the following bill relating to the adj
Indication of Pensions
Be ii enacted, &c, That the Sc rretary of the In
terror be- and is hereby, authorized and directed in
the adjudication OF all claims for pensions now
pending, hereafter filed to treat the declarations
that have been verified before any officer officers
authorized to administer Oaths as If the same had
been verified before a court of record or before
some officer thereof having custody of its SEAL as
provided by section Ala of the Revised Statutesi
and that the said section Is hereby amended accord
ingIy.
Mr.. Joyce (Vt.) in explanation of the bill
said: ",Ehe subject was brought to the attention
of the Commissioner of Pensions when he began
to execute the arrears of pension law. 1t was
then found that in a great many cases men who
were honestly entitled to arreaTages of pensions
had made their declarations before 4 Justice of
bN or -,1h ar
that character, and not before an officer Of a
court of record, and of course when the papers
come to be examined they had to be thrown
out and the man by this means was deprived
of his arrears of pension.
This bill is intended to cover aud correct
that difficulty. It provides that the declaration
of an applicant for pension may be sworn to
before a notary public or justice of the peace;
and the amendment provides that the official
character Of this officer, whether notary pub
lie or Il Justice of the peace, must be certified
by an officer of court OF record who has
seal"
After some discussion it was passed.
ur. joyce then called up the following bill:
Be IL enacted, &c. That the provisions OF an act
entitled AN act to revise and consolidate the stat
utCs OF the United in force December 1st, 1873 APP
proved June w. 1873, be- and the same are hereby,
amended that from and after the passage of this
act every person entitled By law TO less pension
than hereinafter specified Who, while in the mill
tary naval service of the United States and in
the line of duty, by disease contracted or injury
received shall have lost the sight of eye shall
be entitled to receive pension of S12 per month;
and in cases in which the injury to the one eye
manifesty affects inidrousy the sight of the other
eye he shall be entitled to equitable increase in
his pension, not TO exceed in tue whole amount,
S25 per month; and all those who, under like cir
Cunstanccs have lost the sight OF eye, the sight
of the other having been previously lost, shall be
entitled To pension of 500 per month; and all those
who, while in the military naVat service of the
United
disease contracted shall nave lost the hearing of
both ears, shall be entitled to receive pension of
3 per month; and for any loss Of hearing less than
total deafness, i'll both ears, they shall receive
an equable portion Of the full pension.
1t was debated at some length, hut finally
passed-yeas 127, nays %. The next bill called
up was one to extend for two years from July
1, 1874, the time allowed for fling claims of
State militia or non-enlisted men for pensions.
After considerable discussion it was rejected.
MONDAYS PROCEEDINGS.
In the House, on Monday, the 18th inst. Mr..
Bragg wis., asked that the Fitz-John Porter
bill be taken from the Speakers table for the
purpose of reference, but Messrs. Taylor and
Dawes Ohio objected.
Among the bills introduced were the follow
ing:
BY Mr. Bedford, (Colo.,) to authorize the Sec
rotary OF War to loan tents to the Grand Army
of the Republic for use during the National En-
ut Denver, which was read q first
and second time, referred 10 the Committee on
Military Affairs, and ordered to be printed
BY Mr. Spaulding, (Mich.,) to donate four
condemned caSt-irOn cannon to the Phil Nc |
Herman Post No. -, Grand Army of the Re-
public, of Mason, Mich; which was read II first
and second time, referred to the Committee on |
Military Affairs, aud ordered TO be printed.
BY Mr.. White, (Ky.,) a resolution reciting !
allegations that well-organized lobby rushed |
the bonded whiskcy extension bill through !
the House on April ., 1852, and calling on the |
Secretary OF the Treasury for his views as to !
the effect which the passage OF that bill, as |
amended by the Senate, would have on the |
public revenue.
BY Mr.. Gibson, (La.,) to convene the Forty |
eighth Congress on the first Monday in March, |
1883.
By Mr. Neal CO., devolying the duties of the
chief justice Of the Supreme Court OF the Dis |
trict OF Columbia on the second associate JUS |
tco in case of the absence of the chief Justice. |
By Mr.. Barn, pa II resolution calling on.
the Commissioners of the District OF Columbia j
for information as to the names and mum Der of !
men now on the police force, the various du- |
ties assigned to each man, whether the force |
has been reduced by suspensions, dismissals or I
discharges, and whether any men employed |
who were not houOrably discharged from the |
army or navy.
Mr.. SherSin, GN.) from the Committee on
Education and Labor moved to suspend the |
rules and adopt the resolution making the bill |
for the support Of common schools u special |
order for the 10Th INST
After debate the resolution was agreed to
1919 to 20.