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WORK FOR coNaREss.
Some OF the Important Measures from
Last Session TO lse Acted Upon.

some OF the Important Measures from
Last Session TO Be Acted Upon.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.--Congrcss will
meet next Monday and will find its calen-
dars loaded down With business left over
from the last session. The Senate calendar
Induces 800 bills and resolutions, most
OF which originated In the Senate The
House cGsndAfs are, of course, far more
heavily IyxlflcJ Tho calendar of the
Committee OF the Whole ON the State
OF Tho Union contains III bills; the calen-
da.s OF the House itself 100; the calendar
OF private bills A65, and 25S bills which have
passed the Senate are are now lying on the
Speakers tabic. The Senate cleaned up the
House business pretty we'll ut the last ses-
sion, but tho House neglected the Senate
bills IN u marked degree. Among tho
earlier bills on the Senate calendar are the
following;
Senator I.ogau's bill TO appropriate and OK.
poud sj0,001.OOO derived from the informal rev.
enuc taxes ana sale OF public lands for the ed.
ncation OF oil the children living in the United
Senator Blalrs bill TO reduce revenue, pro-
mote domestic Industry, aud increase foreign
commerce.
Senator Dlairs Joint resolution proposing
an amendment 60 the Constitution IN relation
10 alcoholic hquors and other poisonous bev-
crcgcs.
a joint resolution TO give notice of the ter.
lnination of tho Hawaiian Reciprocity treaty.
Tho committee on Foreign Affairs has report
cd adversely ON this.
a bill TO repeal the Timber-Culture act
a bill 70 fix and regulate the hours of labor
OF laDorors workincn and mechanics employed
by the Government of the United States.
a bill to protect employees and servants en-
gagged IN foreign aud Interstate commerce.,
S s en- Pso9es sid cervnnes fn siso District OF
columbia and tho Territories OF the United
States
bill to MAKE tho Commissioner of Agrl.
culture q Cabinet Minister
A bill to prohibit tho mailing of newspapers
anu other publications containing lottery adj
Norusclnonts, and prescribing a penalty for
the violation of tho same.
A bill to enable the people of that part OF
tho territory of Dakota south of the forty
sixth parallel of north latitude to form Con-
fltuuoH uud state Government, and for the
admission of tho state into tue Union m an
equal footing win the original States, and
lOr Othor purposes.
Senator Hiu's bill TO establish pos sal tele
graph g., stcm.
Judge David Davis bill to establlcA Court
OF Appeals
Among the Senate bills awaiting House
action on the Speakers table are the follow
ing:
An act TO authorize the sale of smber on
certain lands reserved for the use of the Me-
nomonee tribe OF Indians, in the State OF Wis
cOnSin.
Joint resolution expressing tho apprpolpilon
OF Congress and the people of tho United
states OF the generous act of her britannia
Ma{esty's Government in presenting to the
United states the Arctic steamship Alert
winch was given 90 MS nearly Il year ago.
An act TO authorize tho construction of ad.
oitional vessels Tor the navy.
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the Government l.ui.ding in Springfield H.
and acts for the erection of public buildings
In New Albany Ind, Pueblo, Col, and Detroit,
Mich.
An act fixing tho salaries of Judges of Unit
cd States District Courts AT 5000.
An act 10 provide Tor the allotment OF lands
In seycralty To Indians on the various reser.
vetiors, and ia extend the protection of the
laws of the states and Territories over the In.
dams, and Tor other purposes.
Senator bair's bal TO appropriate about
schools
IA act 10 authorize tho location OF branch
home for volunteer disabled soldiers in either
OF the States of Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas
Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, or Nebraska.
An act to place Ulysses 5. Grant, late Gcner
al OF the army OF the United States, upon the
retired list OF tho army.
An act providing for tho allotment of lands
in scvcralty to certain Chippewa Indians OF
Lake superior residing in tue State of Wiscon
SIN, ana granting patents therefor.
Among the bills OH the House calendar
are;
a bill vacat,ng all that portion of the Fort
Randall military reservation, in the Territory
OF Dakota, lying cast of the Missouri River.
A bill to amend Section SO of the Revised
Districts, and 10 provide for holding terms of
court of the Northern District ut the city OF
Peoria
A bin to declare forfeited certain lands in
the State OF Michigan granted to aid in the
construction of railroads, and to enforce the
same by judiciary proceedings.
A bill to divide the State of Illinois into
three judicial districts, ana to provide fol
holding courts therein.
An act to provide for the performance OF
the duties of the Office OF Pre-. dent in case
of the removal, death, resignation, or inabil
ity both of the President and Nico-President
A bill TO provide for the sale of the Iowa In
dian reservation in the States of Nebraska
and Kansas, for the issuance OF a patent for o
reservation for the Iowa tribe OF Indians IN
A bill to forfeit lands granted to tho State q
Michigan TO aid in the construction of a rais
road from Marquette to Ontonagon, in said
State.
a bill to provide for the acceptance by the
United States of the grant OF the Illinois anC
Michigan Canal and all its appurtenances from
the State OF Illinois.