Daily Kennebec journal., 1884-06-03
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WAsHING1oS. June =.
Among the memorials presented and appro-
priately referred were the cor current resolu-
tlons of the legislature of louisiana express
ing the profound gratitude of that State to
the United States Senate, especially to Sem
ators Blair, Jonas and Gibson, for the pas
sage OF the Blair education bill, and request
ing the members of Congress from Louisiana
10 urge IFS passage by the House of Repre-
sentatives.
The Senate passed bill introduced by Mr..
Hawley, extending the provision of section 4
OF the army appropriation bill. approved
March 3. 1865. so as to entitle to three
months pay the proper provided for therein
heirs or legal representatives of all officers
of volunteers specified therein who were killed
or died in the service between March and
April 10, 1865
Bills were read third time and passed as
follows:
The Garland bill providing for the collsc-
tion of statistics of marriages and divorces.
The House bill fixing the rate of postage
on mail matter of the second class when sent
to persons other than the publisher or news
agent. The bill as it came from the Hous e
liked one cent as the rate of postage on news
papers weighing three ounces or less.
Mr. Maxey explained that the Senate COM
mittee on Postoffices had found that some of
the large newspapers weighed three ounces,
and had therefore extended the newspaper
limit of weight for one cent postage to four
ounces. The bill passed the Senate with this
amendment.
HOUSE.
Messrs Harmer and O'Neil of Pennsyl-
vania presented petitions from the members
of the Grand Army of the Republic for the
establishment and maintenance of place of
burial for the remains of heroes of the late
war; referred.
Under call of States, bills, etc. were in
troducee and referred as follows:
By Mr.. Eldridge of Michigan, fixing the
23d of June as the date of final adjournment
BY Mr.. Collins of Massachusetts. a joint
resolution directing the committees on foreign
affairs in both Houses to inquire as to the
expediency of repeating all laws authorizing
free importation in bond or otherwise of
merchandise from foreign countries through
the United States to Canada.
By Mr.. Hutchins of New York, amending
the act authorizing the coinage of the stand
ard silver dollar. ct provides that whenever
the silver dollars in the treasury shall exceed
the outstanding silver certificates by the sum
of $50 900, 900, no purchase of silver bullion
shall be made during the continuance of such
excess.)
By Mr.. Willis of Kentucky. appropriating
S25, 900 to aid the Southern exposition to be
held at Louisville in 1884, and admitting free
of duty articles rendered for exhibition there
at.
The House then proceeded to the consider
alton of the legislative appropriation bill
with the amendments reported by the COM
mittee of the whole.
The amendment prohibiting committee
clerks from performing work of private
character for members was rejected.
An amenoment exempting all distillers
which mash 10 bushels or less, from opera
tion ofthe provisions of title 80 of the revised
statutes, except as to the payment of tax, was
adopted-llS to "a. Other amendments were
agreed to and the bill was passed-l3e to 46.
MIR. Hiscock of New York moved to sus-
pend the rules and pass the bill repeating the
internal revenue taxes On tobacco, allowing
the use of alcohol free of tax in the manu-
facturers and repeating the tax on brandy
distilled from fruit.
Mr.. Cosgrove of Missouri moved that the
House adjourn, and this was at 2.l5, carried.