The Morristown gazette. [volume] (Morristown, Tenn.) 1867-1920, 1883-03-21
THE WORK OF CONGRESS.
MEASURES THAT PASSED BOTH HOUSES
AND ARE NOW LAWS. !.


AND ARE NOW LAWS II
Both houses of the Forty-seventh
Congress at II m. on the 4th. The
closing hours of the session were
very disorderly, the members of the
House giving up the entire time to
fun, throwing paper wads at each
other, and conducting themselves
generally like q set of boys on the
last day of school All the regular
appropriation bills obtained passage
In both houses and have become
laws. The sundry civil bill, the last
upon which agreement was reached
in conference, received the Presi-
dents signature at ~ o'clock on the
4th. The River and Harbor bill was
strangled in the Senate.
Bills INTRODUCED.
During the Forty-seventh Con-
gress 1O,67O bills and joint resolu-
tons were introduced in the two
houses-8, 018 in the House and 3
652 in the Senate and of these $50
have been introduced in the House
and 357 In the Senate during the
session inst closed. In each house
"a great majority of these measures
still remain with the committees to
which they were referred, and of
those reported from the committees
the larger number remain upon the
calendars of the respective houses.
MRS THAT HAVE RECONE LAWS.
Aside from the regular annual ap-
preparation bills, 163 bills and joint
resolutions passed both houses dur
ing this session and have become
laws. Among the more important
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 COM
mission, in accordance with the
treaty Of April IS, 1866, between
the United States and Venezuela.
To modify the postal money or
der system and for other purposes.
To readjust the salary of post
masters.
To afford assistance and relief to
Congress and the executive depart
ments 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 Cen
tennial Exposition in 1884.
To amend the act repeating the
discriminating duties on goods pro-
duced east of the Cape of Good
Hope.
Granting the right of way for
railroad and telegraph purposes
through Fort Smith, Ark.
Joint Resolutions.
To adiudicate the claims of New
York brokers for taxes
To print the agricultural reports
for 1881 and 1882. =.
To allow Canadian grain to be
brought over the border to be
ground.
To erect monument to Gen.
DeKalb.
- Presenting the thanks of Congress
to John II. Slater for his educational
bequest to cOlored people,.
TO refund to the State of Georgia
money expended for the common
defense in 1877.
To establish the title of the Unit
ed States to the site of the military
post at FL Paso, Tex.
authorizing the sale of certain
property at Harrodsburg, KY, be-
longing to the Soldiers Home.
Ceding to tho First Taxing Dis
trict of Tennessee a lot of land stu
ated in that District.
To refund to the State of Oregon |
and California moneys paid in the
of the Modoc war.
To provide for holding a term of
the District 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 1862 of the Re-
vised Statutes relative to the tax on
tobacco.
To amend sections 1926 and 1927
Of the Revised Statutes so as to ex-
tend the Jurisdiction of justices of
the peace In Washington, Idaho and
Montana.
To admit free of duty a monu-
ment to Gen. Washington.
Authorizing the examination and
of certain claims against
the Freeman'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
he Mississippi river.
To regulate the construction of
bridges across the Ohio river.
A bill to regulate the export of
tobacco in bond.
THE LNTERNEDLA TIE COURT.