Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1886-03-20
WASHINGTON.
LARGER POWERS TO THE BUREAU or
ANIMAL INDUSTRY.
More About Mr.. Tucfer's Proposed Amend
ment to the Bankrupt Bill-old
virginia Case--Personal.
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WASHINGTON, d. c., March 49,
The Western Cattle. Growers Associa-
ton has succeeded in impressing the
House COMMITTEES on Agriculture with
the importance Of giving larger powers
10 the Bureau Of Animal Industry,
with a view TO more effective admins
tration Of the law for the suppression Of
pleuro. pneumonia in cattle. Colonel
Hatch. OF Missouri, who will be
remembered 10 Richmond as Judge
Ould's associate commissioner for the
exchange Of prisoners, is chairman OF
the Committee on Agriculture. lie
SAYS he will report bill next Monday
to increase the number Of assistants Of
the Bureau Of Animal Industry, and
providing the inspection Of lands
believed to be infected, and for
appraisement and destruction Of sll
diseased animals and those that have
been exposed to the plague. The bill
provides that payment shall be made
for all such animals that may be
slaughtered--not more than slGO for
any animal with pedigree recorded
in the herd-book of its breed, nor
more than eighty dollars for an
animal without pedigree. Inspectors
will be authorized to enter premises
where there is reason to believe the
animals are diseased, and penalties
will be prescribed for obstructing the
inspectors or secreting diseased animals.
An appropriation Of $3.50, 900 is recon-
nended 10 carry out the provisions Of
the bill.
OF INTEREST TO LAWYERS.
Mr.. Tucker says he will ciler two
amendments to the bankrupt bill, which
have met with great favor with many Of
the lawyer members Of Congress to
ghom he has shown them. One Of
these amendments gives the State courts
concurrent jurisdiction with the United
States Courts in bankrupt cases, except
IS to the discharge Of the bankrupt, with
the right Of appeal to the United States
Circuit Court from any decree or order,
inteIlocutory or final, within one year
after the decree or order shall have
been made. II the State court should
fail or refuse to proceed according to
the order Of the Circuit Court, the Cir
cult Court may remove the cause from
the State court and take jurisdiction Of
it until the final decree. All pro-
ceedings in the State courts are
to be controlled by rules Of
practice to be prescribed by the United
States courts sitting as courts Of bank
ruptcy; but the State courts are Sc
cured the right TO appoint their own
agents and officers for the execution of
their orders and DEGREES. Another i'm
portant amendment makes it lawful for
any person adjudged a bankrupt to
transfer all his property, rights, inter-
ests, and claims Of every description in
trust for the benefit Of all his creditors,
subject to the provisions of the general
bankrupt law, and such transfer is to
be deemed an act Of involuntary bank
Tuptcy.
UuRD SHOWED UNDER.
None but the most blindly sanguine
have expected since the whole testi
mony was published in the contest Of
Frank Hurd for the seat held by
Romeis, of Ohio, that the Committee
on Elections would report in favor Of
Hurd. The committee were unfavora-
bly, impressed by the first investigation
Of the case, but were persuaded to give
a rehearing upon some pretext. The
final vote taken to-day stood Q to
that Hurd was not elected, and to 6
that Romeis was elected.
AN OLD VIRGINIA CLAIM.
The claim of j. ID. Morrison, sur
viying partner Of G. Nj. and j. ID. Nor
rison, for q refund OF s400 Illegally
collected from the firm twenty years
ago, was called up by Mr.. Tucker to-
day and passed by the House. The
bill had already passed the Senate.
EDUCATION BILL.
The friends of the education bill made
an earnest effort to-day to induce the
House Committee on Education to con-
slider it, but msority voted against
it. Mr. Trigg says he intends to try to
get meeting Of the Virginia congress
men and other friends of the Blair bill
with a view TO devising some means of
getting the bill before the House.
PERSONAL.
Colonel Robert Beverly was at the
Capitol to-day.
State Senator Causey, Of Virginia,
addressed the Committee on Rivers and
Harbors in favor of an appropriation of
$4,000 for the improvement of Nanse-
mond river.
POSTAL NOTES.
The following fOurth-class postmas-
tiers were to-day appointed in Virginia
i. S. Price, Bent Mount, Roanoke coun-
ty; NJ. p. Duyal, Centralia, Chester
field county; T. F. Cooke, Enfield,
King William county j. I. Beale, Et-
trick, Chesterfield county; II. S. Hack
ley. Gaines's CROSSROADS, Rappahan-
mock county; ii. A. Deitrick, Peach
Grove, Rockingham county; Hattie Q.
Mcdonald, Union Mill, Fluvanna
county.
New post-ofllcos established in Vir-
ginia: Chestnut, Amherst county,
Pitt L. Lavender, postmaster; Doyles-
vile, Albemarle, Thomas l.. Early;
Poplar Hill, Giles. Charles c. Hicks;
Taylor's Springs, Rockingham, Noah
W. Bowman.
The office at Oak Shade, Culpepper,
is abolished; mail to Rixeyville.
XlIX. CONGRESS-.