Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1884-07-16
SUMMING UP THE WORK.
WRat Has Been Accomplished by the Des
and Gone Congress-.


and four days, although the actual work.
ing time will not exceed 1876 DAYS. In
that time there has been introduced in
the Senate 1887 bills and 81 Joint reso-
lutions, and in the House 1907 bills and
204 resolutions. Of these sc Senate
bills and 10 Senate resolutions have
passed both Houses and become laws by
executive approval, and 81 House bills
and 80 House resolutions have become
laws in the same manner Three House
bills also became laws without action of
the president, and one was returned to,
the House with his veto.
Of the measures introduced in the
Senate, 1858 bills and II joint resolu-
tions we're indefinitely postponed, and
six bills laid upon the table. In the
House Il bills and 3 joint resolutions
were postponed indefinitely. A ma
jority of the measures introduced in
both houses related to matters not of
general Importance, such as bills for
private relief and pensions, for the
erection of public buildings, bridging
rivers, and other improvements of only
local Importance.
BILLS PASSED.
The following measures passed both
houses and were signed by the presi-
dent, in addition to the regular annual
appropriation bills and the river and
harbor bill:
To reduce the rate of postage on
newspapers and periodical publications
OF the second class, when sent by 9TH
ers than the publisher or news agent.
to / cent for each four ounces.
TO provide civil government for
Alaska.
To extend the duration of the court
of commissioners of the Alabama claims
until December, 1885.
To prevent and punish counterfeiting
IN the United States of bonds Or other
securities of foreign governments.
TO grant fifteen days leave of alb
sence, with pay, in each year to letter
carriers.
To Authorize the secretary of war to
offer reward of $25, 900 for the rescue
of the Greedy Arctic exploration party.
To establish bureau OF labor sta
tistics.
To make all public roads and high
ways post roads.
To authorize the legislatures of the
states Of Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana
and Tennessee to sell or lease certain
lands appropriated for school purposes.
To remove certain burdens from the
American merchant marine, CONNIE only
known as the Dingley shipping bill.
To establish bureau of animal in
dustry to prevent the expectation of
diseased cattle and provide for the sup
preston and extirpation of pleuro-pneu-
monia and other contagious diseases
among domestic animals.
To make it felony for any person to
personate any officer or >employe of the
United States acting under authority of
the United States or any department
thereof.
To repeal the test oath act of 1862.
To authorize the fitting out of an ex-
petition for the relief of Lieut. Greedy
and party in the Arctic seas.
To limit the time in which prosecu-
ton may be begun against persons for
violation Of the internal revenue laws to
thee years.
To relieve from the charge of deser-
ton certain soldiers of the late war, who.
having served faithfully until the close
of the late war, left their commands
without leave.
To provide for the location in state
west of the Mississippi River of branch
home for volunteer soldiers Of the late
war and for soldiers OF the Mexican war
and war of 1912, whose disabilities were
not incurred in the service against the
United States.
To provide for the disposal of aban-
doned anduseless military reservations.
To reorganize the corps of judge adj
yocates of the army.
To establish bureau OF navigation
in the treasury department.
NCoRP GRATED IN APPROPRIATION BILLS.
The following measures have been
incorporated in the regular appropria
ton bills and become laws:
To appoint commission to visit the
several countries of Central and South
America, to collect information as to
the best mode of securing more init
mate international and commercial re-
lations between those countries and
the United States.
To provide that hereafter all esti-
mates of appropriations and estimates
of deficiencies in appropriations in
tended for the consideration of Con-
gress shall be transmitted to Congress
through the secretary of the treasury
and in no other manner.
70 provide that the number of depu-
ty collectors of internal revenue,
gaugers, storekeepers and clerks en-
ployed in the internal revenue service
shall not be increased.
To create board of pension appeals
to be appointed by the secretary of the
interior.
To provide for the appointment of a
scientific commission which may in the
name of the United States government
conduct national conference of cleo
tricians in Philadelphia in the autumn
of 1884.
To authorize the president i'll case
of threatened or actual epidemic to use
the unexpended balance of an appro-
priation not to exceed 100000 il aid
of state and local boards, or otherwise
in his discretion.
To permit the admission to the GOV
eminent hospital for the insane Of in