The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-01-26
WASHINGTON.

mittee on claims has directed a
favorable report to be made on Hol.
mans bill, to prevent the fraudulent
duplication of accounts and claims
by officers of the government, and
others having dealings with the
governme Mt.
The House cUmmi tee on post.
offices and post roads has agreed to
report favorably Morey's bill, fixing
the rate Of postsge on second class
publications deposited in letter car
rier Offices at &c a pound.
The House Committee On invalid
pensions adopted the folio wing reso-
luton presented by Morrill, 4: 1t
Is the opinion OF the committee,
that whenever the government has
enlisted 8: ldiers and accepted the
services OF soldiers, it should net be
required in order to obtain pension
to prove that he was sound and in
good health when he enlisted, and
the government should be stopped
from setting up that disability
existed prior to enlistment.
The committee will report bill
embodying the sense of the resolu-
ton at an earlv day.
Senator COckrell, introduced the
Senate bill 10 extend the provisions
of the act of 1855 for the relief of
purchasers of locations of swamp
overlooked lands to all entries of
location since March 3rd, 1877.
The treasury department has de.
cided that under the new tariff,
shoe hastings DO not pay duty as
goods Of like description to Italian
cloths, but are dutiable under the
provisions for manufactures of
wool, according to value per pound.
The House committee on agr;cul-
ture will tomorrow report the bill
prepared by com mittee of cattle
men, and q number OF memorials
from live stock associations will &C
company the bill; also a communi-
cation from DR.. ID. E. Salmon, vet
Urinary surgeon of the department
of agriculture. The communication
points out the dangers to the west
by the existence of pleuro-pneumo-
MIA among cattle in the east, and
reviews the extent of the disease in
the latter section Of country.
The Secretary of the Treasury
sent to the Senate, in reply to the
resolution Of Senator Cockrell, re-
questing the Secretary Of the Trea.
Sury to report the amount of gold
coin bullion deposited in the Trea
sury, sub-treasuries and other de-
signated Repositories OF the United
States In exchange for silver certi.
ficates, and for which silver certid-
Gates have been issued during the
calendar years of 1850 and 1882, in
elusive, and whether there has been
auy refusal toreceive such gold coin
or bullion for silver certificates. and
If so the reason for such refusal.
The Secretary's reply to the last in
quiry of the resolution says it is not
known that there has been any H.
legal refusal to receive any such de.
posits or make any such exchange.
He submits q table showing the to
tai deposits Of gold coin In exchange
for silver certificates In the calendar
years of go, 81, 'S2 and 'S3 were
S78, 754. 900, of which S1S,7S5, 600 FOR
certificates were paid out by the as
sistant treasurer of New York, and
I$59, 800, 600 certificates paid out at
other treasury Offices. Or total OF
IS13, 951, 600 deposited in 1880, S15,.
1885, 900 was in 1881, S2S,125, 600 in
1882 and 820.s39, 900 in 1888.
The board of supervising inspec-
tors of steamboats, adopted an
amendment to the rules Of the
steamboat inspection service, Tro-
hibiting all persons on passenger
steamboats,, excepting the proper Of
fcers Of the boat and officers of the