Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-07-11

The first session OF the forty eighth con-
grcss closed last Monday, after labOring
seven months. While il was not product.
I've Of any great amount Of general lcgisla
ton, the following brief summary may be
Of interest:
The following measures passed both
houses and were signed by the president In
addition to the regular annual apprepria.
ton bills and river and harbor bills.
Bills to reduce the rate Of postage on
newspapers and periodical publications o!
the second class when sent by others than
the publisher or news agent to / cent for
every four ounces.
To provide civil government for Alaska
TO extend the duration OF the court OF
commissioners OF the Alabama claims I'm.
Il. December Is, 1885.
To prevent and punish eounterfeIting in
the United States Of bonds or other Sc
curines Of foreign countries.
To grant nfteen days leave OF absence
with pay In each year to letter carriers.
To authorize the secretary OF war to Of
fer 4 reward Of $4,000 for the rescue OF
the Greeley Arctic exploring party.
To establish bureau Of labor statis-
tics.
10 make all public reads and highways
post roads.
To authorize the the legislatures Of the
states Of Illinois, Arkansas, Louisiana
AMI tennessee to sell or lease certain Lands
appropriated for school purposes.
To remove certain burdens from the
American Merchant marine, commonly
known as the Dingley shipping bill.
10 establish bureau Of animal industry
to prevent the expectation Of diseased cat.
tie and to provide for the suppression and
the extripation Of the pleuro-pnciImenEl
anu other contagious diseases among do
mestic animals.
10 make IL felony for any person TO pcr.
sonate any officer or employe Of the Uni.
ted States acting under the authority Of the
United States or any department thereof
To repeal the test oath act Of lS62.
10 authorize the fitting out Of an expe.
ditiOn for the relief OF Lieutenant Greeley
and party In the Arctic seas.
To limit the time In which prosecutions
may be begun against persons for viola,
tons Of :he internal revenue laws to three
years.
To relieve from the charge Of desertior
certain soldiers Of the late war, who, altrr
having served faithfully until the close OF
the war, left their commands without
leave.
oprovi,Ie for the location In a STATE
west Of the Mississippi river Of a branch
nome Tor volunteer soldiers Of the late wal
ana for soldiers Of the Mexican war anC
the war OF 1914, whose disabilities wer,
not Incurred In service against the Unitet
States, and TO provide for the disposal o.
Abandoned and useless military rvserva
mons anstO organize the corps OF judg,
advocates in i've army.
10 Establish bureau Of naviyati On IN
The treasury department..
HE following measures have been In
eorporated In the regular appropriation
bills and become laws.
10 appoint a commission TO visit tn
several countries Of Central and Seusi
America to collect information as to Tia,
oest n'o'le VI securing more intimate inter
nal and commercial relations bctweei
these countries and the United Suites.
10 provide that hereafter all estimates o
appropriations AMI estimates OF dcncirn
cies IN the appropriations intended for Tia
consideration OF congress shall be trans
United to cOnSrcss through the secrrtar.