St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1884-06-21
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CONGRESSIONAL PROCEEDINGS.

The Senate was not in session on the
51st. =. The House had but a short session
A bill was passed restoring the law of 1867 in
the matter of appeals from Circuit Courts to
the United States Supreme Court in habeas
corpus cases. Bills were also passed grant
Sng the right of way through the Indian Ter
ritory to the Gulf, Colorado IL Santa Fe, and
the Southern Kansas Railway Companies.
In the Senate on the Cd memorial ask
ing for an appropriation of $4,000 in aid Of
the Cincinnati Industrial Exposition was pre-
scented. The House bill relating to second
class mail matter sent by persons other than
the publishers was pissed; also bill relating
to the opium trade between China and the
United States A concurrent resolution from
both Houses of the Louisiana Legislature was
read thanking the Senate for passing
the Blair educational bill and urging mem
hers Of Congress from that State to work
for its passage in the House. In the House
a resolution was introduced calling on the
Secretaries of the War and Interior De-
partments to furnish the names of all par
ties having contracts for supplies for I'M
dams and the army. A resolution fixing
June % as the date for adjournment was re-
alton in behalf of the Louisville Exposition,
The amendment eXempting all distilleries
which mash ten bushels daily or less, with the
exception of payment of the tax, was adopt
ed. The bill to abolish internal revenue from
tobacco and brandy distilled from fruits was
taken up, but motion to adjourn prevented
any action.
In the Senate on the 81 sixty-two bills
were passed. Among the most important were
the following: Granting annual leave with
pay, to letter-earriers; right of way through
the Fort Selden military reservation to the
Rio Grande & Pacific Railway; authorizing
the sale of portion of the Fort Hays mill
tary reservation in Kansas: providing for the
sale of the Kiakapoo diminished reservation,
in the same State... In the House the Oregon
Central land grant forfeiture bill was passed.
Further proceedings were interrupted for the
want of o quorum.
THE Senate was not in session on the 4th,
and but little was accomplished in the House,
for the want of a quorum. The Oregon land
grant forfeiture bill was passed. The Com
mittee on Public Buildings made report to
the effect that they could discover no fraud in
! he matter of letting contracts for the build
ing at Brooklyn, N. r. After considerable
discussion, it was decided to recommit the
case aud give the citizens of Brooklyn a
chance to be heard on the question, the meet
mgs to be held with open doors.
THE Senate was not in session on the 9Th.
The House held short session, but the re-
ports from the Chicago Convention abb
sorbed too much attention to allow legfsla-
ton to, proceed to any great extent.
Among the bills passed were the California
and Oregon land-grant forfeiture bill; the
Iron Mountain Railway forfeiture of land
between Pilot Knob, Mo-, and Helena,
Ark, and bill authorizing the con-
structon of bridges across the Cumber-
land River at Nash vile, Tenn, and the
Missouri River at Learenworth, Kas.