The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-01-06
A BATCH OF BILLS
introduced by the Senators
on Tuesday.
MANY MEASURES OF REFORM.
Ingalls, Proposition to Establish a
National UaiversIty-Attach
Steamer Burned.
Bills Introduced.


bills introduced in the Senate to-day
were the following:
By Senator Morgan.-To substitute
silver dollars in part in the place of
gold coin and currency in the several
reserved funds held in the Treasury.
1t requires the Secretary of the Trea-
sury to place to the credit of the
reserved fund of$lOO,0OO 600 IN gold coin
now held in the. Treasury for the
redemption of legal tender United States
notes, not to exceed $50 ,OOO, OOOin stand
ard silver dollars now in the Treasury.
or that shall come into the Treasury in
excess OF the amount required for the
redemption of silver certificates: such
silver dollars shall be so applied to said
reserved fund from time to time until
the sum thereof shall be $50 900 900, and
as. such silver dollars are so placed in
this fund an equal sum of gold
com. not to exceed $50.OOO,OOO
shall be Withdrawn from the said
reserved fund and covered into the,
treasury. 1t also requires the Secre-
tary OF the Treasury to place such
standard silver dollars to the credit of
the several funds held in the Treasury
for the redemption of the notes of
the national banks, that have failed. or
are in process OF liquidation and the 5
per cent redemption fund of national
banks to the extent of one half of such
OF said several funds as there shall be
at any time held in the Treasury. The
Secretary of the Treasury is required.
from time TO time, to withdraw
from such OF said funds and cover into
the Treasury an amount of United
States legal tender notes or national
bank notes equal tothe amount of silver
dollars sodeposited by him to the credit
of such fund.
By Dolph-To am nd Section III
Revised Statute of the United States. 1t
provides that the judges of the United
States courts who have held their
offices thirty years, or who have held
Office ten years and attained the age of
20, NAV retire upon full salary.
By Call-To retire the Judges of the
Circuit or District Courts. 1t provides
that when any judge of a Circuit or
District Court shall become disabled
through the excessive or habituaI use
of intoxicants or any other cause. he
shall be retired with an annual salary
of s., 900 year, unless he shall there
after be tried and impeached This
disability IS to be determined by the
judgo OF the circuit adjacent TO that in
which the judge to be tried has juris.
diction. fhe Attorney-G General is
authorized to institute proceedings
against such judge on COM
plant of Senators or Representatives !
By Harrison-To set apart a certain |
tract of land near the junction of the |
Little Colorado River with the Colorado |
River OF West Arizona as a public |
park.
By Ingalls-To establish a national /
in the District of Columbia |
So 900 900 is granted to the baard of re- |
gents in perpetual registered certif- |
cate OF the United States. to be unas-
and bearing 5per cent. interest,
the interest to be paid quarterly So
much of the interest as is needed for
sites, buildings, ETC., may be so used.
The Treasurer of the United States
shall be treasurer of the university No
chair for instruction in sectariau
religion or partisan politics shall be
and no sectarian nor par.
.isan tests shall be allowed in selecting
officers and professors The chairs or
aculties may be endowed by gift,
1equesr, etc., but no amount less
han 100000 shall be considered
IN endowment. Instruction shall be
Is nearly free as is consistent with the
income. No person shall be admitted
or regular study and graduation who
las not previously received the degree
# Bachelor of Arts, or degree of equal |
'alue, from some recognized institution.
states and Territories shall be entitled
o scholarships in the ratio of one for :
ach Representative or Delegate, and
wo for each Senator. These scholar
hips shall secure free instruction for
We years. The Governor OF each State
hall nominate the candidates for life
and each State and Terri
Try shall be entitled to one life-sholar-
hip.
Two classes of fellowships are estab- I
shed, one open to the competition of
the best qualifying them
Elves and the other open to the learned
len of all nations who have merited
The bill introduced by Senator Blair
} provide for the erection of mOnu- D
tents in this city to President 2
lincoln and General Grant. provides D
ley shall be similar to the Washington D
lonument and cost S1,OO0, 900 each. D
one but American citizens are to be ,
upon IDlS WORK. ! o
BY Teller-To provide for the compul- D
nv education of Indian children. It 3
lIhorizes the Secretary of the Interior D
} take any Indian children between D
lie ages of s and is, who belong to D
ibes receiving annuities from the D
nited States, and place them in gov p
nment schools for the education OF p
ldians, to be Kept there for five years. .
his is not to apply, however, 70 the p
re civilized tribes. nor TO the Usage D
ldians, of Indian Territory. The 3
cretary is authorized 70 Withhold D
tions and annuities from parents. who q
fuse to comply with the Prcv sions.
L such schools are TO be manual labor
hools, and to include the teaching OF
riculture and stock-raising 20 the P.
'ysand homework to girls
By Laird, of Nebraska A JOINT reso-
ton authorizing the President 10 call =
It two volunteer regiments OF cavalry -
New Mexico. and Arizona 10 be en-
ted, and officers from the citizens Of
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