The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1886-08-12
THE WORK OF THE SESSION.

THE WORk VI ThE SESSlUN.
l2,202 MEASURES INTRODUCED AND
1850 ONLY PAssED-115 VETOED.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-The first
session of the forty-ninth Congress,
which ended to-day, began on Mon
day, Dec. 7. 1885, and covered a period
of seven months and twenty-eight days
or al days, exclusive of Sundays
OF this time, the Senate was in session
164 and the House 1856 days. During
that time there were introduced in the
House 20,014 bills and GA joint reso-
lutions, and in the Senate 1851 bills
and SO joint resolutions, or a total for
the two houses OF u, 202. The great
er number were measures Of a private
nature, or Of local importance only
such as relief and pension bills, bills
for the erection OF public buildings,
AOA DlluSAuS 1lNSIei NC
The total number of measures that
passed both houses was 1,101 being
241 Senate bills and $50 bills which
originated in the House. OF these
1905 were received by the President
and of that number S14 were approx,
ed; 157 became laws without the
Presidents signature lis were We.
toed, and 9 failed for want of sigma.
ture at time Of adjournment, ten days
not having expired since they reach.
ed the President. OF the new laws
TAG were House measures and 231 Sen.
ate measured. The laws that became
SUCH by limitation were, with two ex
ceptions, private pension and relic.
bills.
OF the measures vetoed by the Pres
ident thirty-six were Senate bills and
seyenty-seven House bills Twenty
eight OF the Senate bills vetoed were
private pension bills. Three were
for the erection Of public buildings a.
Dayton, Ohio; Sioux City, Iowa, ant
GAINESVILLE, Ohio; one was to grant tx
railroads the right Of way through thu
Indian reservation in northern Mon
tana one to make Springfield, Mass.
a port of delivery; one to provide tina
! the bodies OF paupers, criminals, anC
, strangers dying within the District o
, Columbia, unclaimed within a specifi
J cd time after death, shall be turned
over to the medical colleges; and on
to quit title to settlers on the De
Moines River lands, and one to pre-
vide for the construction of bridg
over Lake Champlain.
: OF the seventy-seven House bills dis
! approved by the President, seventy
t four were private pension bills an
Q three were for the erection of publ
: buildings. The proposed building
were for Asheville, N. c.; Duluth
Mimi, and Springfield, Mo.
: The number of measures vetoe
S during the session was four more tina
= have been vetoed from the foundatio
S Of the Government to the beginnin
: of the session just closed. Will
nearly all of the vetoed bills of til
e Senate were reported back from con
b. mittees with the recommendation thu
e they pass, Notwithstanding the Pres
!. dents objection, and, while similar a.
l. ton was taken on some of the Hous
y bills, only one Chat granting pei
J. sion to Joseph Romiser) was passe
is by the two houses over the vet
is The Des Moines River bill passed IL
l. Senate over the veto, but failed to r
ce;ve the requisite two-thirds vote
the House. Motions to pass the bill
" to grant pension to Mary Andersc
u and to Andrew J. Wilson over I'll
4 Presidents veto were defeated in Il
d House. The consideration Of Il
( other veto messages has been pc;
TX poned until the next session
a. The measures OF general important
g have been enacted into laws duril
"a the session, in addition to the re
h. =, ular appropriation bills, are as fc
te lows:
N The Presidential Succession bi
= providing for the succession to the {
~ fee Of President of the members of Il
IS Cabinet in case of the removal, -dea
Or resignation, or inability Of both Il
e President and ee-President
&c TO provide for the study OF the Il
~ ture and effect of alcoholic drinks al
w narcotics.
id To remove the charge of deserti
&c against soldiers who reenlisted wit
N, out having first received a dischar
in from the regiments in which tn