The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1884-06-27
PROCEEDINGS OF CONGRESS.
THE SENATE.
The Legislative Btu Discussed, Amended alst
Finally Passed.

Finally Passed.
WAsHINGToN June ga House bill was
passed extending to water transportation routes
the provisions of the statutes hitherto applied 10
land routes only, regarding immediate transport
alton of dutiable goods.
The legislative bill was then proceeded with,
the pending question being on an amendment
offered by the Senate appropriations committee
to strike out the clause permitting distlleries
masking ten bushels of grain on less per day TO
be ruin without storezeepels, and inserting in
stead a provision amending the Revised Statutes
80 as to forbid collectors from hereafter APPROX
ing bonds of grain disti1lers the survey of whose
distilleries shall be for less capacity than ten
bushels Of grain per day, and so as to forbid
Under penalties, distillation OF less daily guam
tity than that.
The point of order being raised that the clause
recommended for insertion new legislation,
and therefore obnoxious to the rule forbidding
such legislation in appropriation bills the Chair
sustained the point of order, and the new clause
recommended was not adopted. The com
1nittees recommendation to strike out the House
clause was, however agreed TO-
Mr. Harris, from the committee on epidemic
diseases, reported and had recommitted to the
committee on appropriations, amendment
providing that the President be authorized in
case of threatened or actual epidemic, to use the
unexpended balance of the appropriation made
by the act of March g. 1883, not ito exceed $780,
COO in aid of State and local boards, or other
wise in his discretion, in preventing the spread
OF the same and maintaining quarantine at points
of danger
An amendment was adopted providing that
the reports in the Congressional Record shall be
an accurate transcript OF the proceedings andde-
bates of the two Houses of Congress- aud that
no speech shall be published therein which
not spoken in the Senate or in the House of
Representatives. ana such speeches shall be
printed as they were actually delivered, except
verbal corrections made by the authors of
zpeeehes, and by no other person; and that when
speeches are reserved by their authors for
rection, they shall be returned to the reporter of
the fTouse m which they were delivered within
week, and if not-so returned they shall be
printed in the Cong1 eSSional Record from the
notes of the reporter.
Mr.. Beck offered the following amendment:
tofhat al distilled spirits entered for withdrawal
for export may be set apart and remain for
period not exceeding six months in the ware
house of the istillery IN which they were stored
when SO entered subject to such regulations as
the Secretary of the Treasury shall prescribe"
Ruled out on point of order.
Mr.. Geek also offered, a amendment to the
section appropr1atIng money for salaries of
gaugers, store keepers, etc, the following mo
part Of the money hereby appropriated shall be
expended for maintenance Of any grain distil-
lery which has not a MASKING capacity of ten
bushels day." Lost
The bill was then passed.
Mr.. Mcmillan, from the committee on com
naeree, reported the river and hErb0r bill, with
request that it be printed and Peoommitted Ito
the committee, which was agreed to-
The Senate then took up the bill to forfeit the
unearned land grant Of the A. & P Railroad
Company, but went into executive session and
soon after adjourned.