The Middlebury register and Addison County journal. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1883-1885, 1884-03-14
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS-
Senate.


On motion Of Mr.. voorhees, the Senate took
up and passed various bills providing for the
construction Of public buildings in various
cities and at total costs for sites and build
ings, as follows: Augusta, Me-, $4,000;
Camden, N. j., $4,000: Carson City, New,
500, 900; Greenville, $; CT $50, O00i Key
Msst F San . hStSDG Yeas Yeas T sS
pelier, Vt, $4,000; Annapolis 500, 900;
Macon, Ga: sl25, 900; Manchester, N. H.,
1000 New Albany; Ind, 100000;
5000 900; Oshkosh, Wis, 100000; Fort
Smith, Ark, $4,000 Huntsville, Ala,
S100000 Nebraska City, Neb., $4,000;
Pueblo, Col. $4,000; Fort Scott, Kan,
100000. .Eulogies upon the life and
character Of the late Representative Has
kell. of Kansas, were passed. u.
Mr.. Sherman introduced the following bill
granting copyright to newspapers: ANY
daily or weekly newspaper, or any associa-
ton of any daily or weekly newspapers,
published In the United States or any Of the
Territories thereof, shall have the sole right
to print, issue and sell, for the term of eight
hours dating from the hour of going to press,
the contents of said daily or weekly newspa-
pers, or the collected news of said newspaper
association, exceeding one hundred words.
Tor any infringement of the copyright
granted by the first section of this act the
party injured may sue, in any court of COM
petent jurisdiction, and recover in any prop.
er action the damages sustained by him from
the person making the Infringement togeth-
er with the costs of suit" . Bills were re.
ported favorably: To provide for the issue
of duplicate checks for government officers
in cases of losses of the originals; dedicating
the military res reservation ,,ii,s Of Plattsburg,
lie park =. =. The military appropriation
bill was passed with an amendment that
cadets at the West Point military academy
dismissed for hazing should not be eligible
for reappoiutment
The bill providing for the protection and
government of the Yellowstone park, and
adding some 1900 square miles to the park,
was passed. "A bill was reported providing
for the collection of statistics of marriage
and divorce.
The vote by which the Mexican treaty had
been defeated was reconsiderei. =. "A bill
was passed appropriating S20J,000 to E. H.
Emery for the invention ana construction of
a machine for testing iron and steel. -. The
Pendleton bill providing system of courts
for the exercise of the extra territorial juris-
diction of the United States was passed -.
A favorable report was made on the bill
fixing the rate of postage to be paid upon
mail matter of the second class, when sent
by others than publishers or news agents.
1t fixes the rate on transient newspapers al
one cent for four ounces; the present rate
eng one cent for two GU &c es.
The Senate passed bill appropriating
S250,000 for a fire-proof hall of records in
Washington. The bill making majority
of the Judges of the supreme court quorum,
instead of six judges, as heretofore, was
passed. Mr.. Plumb presented majority
report from the committee on public lands
in favor of the bill FORGETTING the Texas
Pacific land grant. Mr.. Hoar introduced
bill to pay Edwin Forbes, of Brooklyn,
$4,000 for his historical studies, sketches,
ETC., of battles. marches, camps, incidents
and characters of the army of the Potomac,
made on the field in 1SG 2-3-4.