The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-08-06
The Bills Passed During the
Late Session.
WIFI THE NUMBER REJECTED.
The voroes TnduiEed in by the Presi
dont-Ths Largest Number Ever
Known 10 History.
The work OF The soIans-The Closing
Scenes.

which ended to-day. began on Monday,
, December eth. 1855. and covered a
period of seven months and twenty
eight days, or 81 days. exclusive Of
Sundays. OF this time the Senate was
IN session la days and the House fS5
days. During that time there we're in
troduced in the two Houses Is -02 meas
ures. OF which lO.Oli were House bills
and 3l4 House joint resolutions, and
sol bills and eighty-three joint resO-
buttons of the Senate The measures pro
posed for enactment into laws
exceeded in number by 2.0i9 those in
| troduced at the Grst session OF the
Forty eighth Congress. which sat for
SEVEN months and four DAYS, or I65
days of actual working time. They
| covered all sorts OF subjects. from the
payment OF the labOrer at the Capitol
/ tor extra services. 70 the complex ques-
, ton Of tariff legislation and Legislation
with respect TO national finance. OF the
entire nuu Der, comparatively few are
/ Of what may be termed national i'm
/ portaace. The greater number were
Measures OF q private nature OF
/ OF merely local importance. such as 70
lief anc pension bIils. bills for the erec-
ton OF public buildings. for bridging
rivers. for granting tb- right Of way 70
railroads through uiitiry or tndi1n
reservations, for the removal OF political
disabilities for the changing OF Judicial
districts, for the establishing OF new land
officers, for changing the names or 10
cation or increasing the capital stock OF
national banks. for printing public
documents, ETC., etc. A very small per
centaEe OF the whole number OF the Oiii5
I rrrsr n,rlmanA ~ afFhar na~1rraN n rn-Tr-n
nature become laws, a comparatively
small number succeeded in gettilo
th, cugh the committees 70 which they
were referred. and touch ng the calen-
dars OF their respective Houses. Some
secured passage in the House in which
they originated. but failed of. action in
| the other branch, and 4 very large num-
| Der still remain unconsidered by the
committees 70 which they were referred.
] The total number OF measures that
passed both Hoses was 1,l0l-
being 24l Senate bills and SEQ bills
which originated in the House. OF this
total SOC became laws with the Presi-
I dents approval, Isl became laws by
limitation, The President failing 20
either approve or disapp-Ove them
withIa ten days after their presentation
I 70 him; lis were vetoed and one failed
/ BY reason of the adjournment without
action By the Pres Gent. OF the new
| laws, 7is were House measures and PAL
I Senate measures. The laws that became
such by limitation were with two e1-
! ceptions, private pension and relief bills.
I The exceptions were the sill 70 author
xe the Kansas City, Fort Scott end
| Gulf Railway, 10 construct road
! through the Indian nation. and that %
Z relieve Lieutenant Randall OF the
1 - 81. L.
. thirty-six we're Senate bills and seventy
/ OF the Senate bills vetoed were private
pension bills. Three were for the cree
4 ton Of public buildings lat Day
Ohio, Sioux City, Iowa, and Zane
vile, Ohio) one was TO grant
/ 70 railroads the right of way
| through the Indian reservation in
: Northern Montana. one TO make Spring
/ field. Mass, a port OF delivery, one 70
provide that bodies Of paupers, Grim
inals and strangers dying within the
l District Of Columbia, unclaimed within
a specified time after death. shall be
! turned over TO the medical colleges, and
one to quiet the3 title 70 settlers on
the Des MOines River lands, and one 10
proyidefor the construction Of bridge
over Lake Champlaih- OF the HOEse
OILS nAoanNAONGA ~ 49, LAN@A1FAN
! seventv-.our verr private pension bills,
and three were for the erection
OF public buildings The proposed
! public buildings were for Asheyihe. n.
/ O., Duluth, Mimi, and Springfield,
\ Mas. The number OF meas ares vetoed
| during the session y as four more than
have been vetoed from the foundation
! of the Government 70 the beginning Of
| the session Just closed. Rhhs nearly
I an OF the vetoed bills Of the Senate were
reported back from the committees
with recommendations that they pass
notwithstanding the Presidents de-
I lection, and while similar action was
y taken o. some Of the House bills, only
one. that granting pension 70 jacob
/ RomiZer, vas passed BY two Houses
over the veto. The Des MOines River
! bill passed the Senate over the veto.
/ but failed 70 receive the requisite two
thirds vote In the Hose. The mOhon
! 70 pass bills 10 grant pension to Nary
I Anderson and Andrew J. Wilson over
the PRESIDENTS veto were defeated IN
Y ne HD1se. The consideration q the
4 other veto messages has been postponed
/ urtil the next session. The measures
OF importance that have been enacted
into laws during ehe session, Il sddi-
uon 70 the consular appropriation bills,
are g follows: Fn
The Presidential succession bill; to
provide for the study OF the nature and
effect Of alcoholic, drinks AID narcotics;
! 70 remove the charge against deserted
soldiers Who enlisted without having
received > discharge from t6s regiments
in which they had previously served :
4 70 legaii1e the incorporation OF national
trades unions; TO give receivers Of Ma
I tional Banks power to bay IN any
properly Of the bank sold under fore
, closure when necessary 70 pro-
! the promotion Of graduates OF the
1 United Skates Military Academy; Il
I permit owners Of United State.
} merchant vessels aud OF any property
( on board thereof TO sue the United States
for dansgss ina collision arising iron