The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1886-02-13

the United States penitentiary at Boise
City, Idaho. Referred. The hefoilowing COM
mittee reports were submitted. From the
committee on public lands, to forfeit the
Atlantic & Pacific land grant; from the com
mlttee on banking and currency, providing
Tor the issue OF circulating notes to national
banking associations: from the same com
mittee, adversely to make shareholders
In national banks individually responsible
for thefdebts of the bank from the committee
on agriculture, to enlarge the powers and
duties OF the department of agriculture
from the committee on public lands, to
protect homestead settlers within railway
limits; from the committee on territories,
to annex portion of the territory of Ida,
no TO Washington Territory; from the com,
mittee on labor, to prohibit any officer OF
the government from hiring or contracting
out the labor OF prisoners. In the morn
ing hour the House resumed in committee
OF the whole Mr.. Crisp (Ga.) in the chair],
the consideration of the bill to abolish GER
tain fees for official services to American
vessels. Pending action the committee rose
and the House adjourned.
THURSDAY, Feb. 4.-Mr. Cubertson called
up and the House passed a bill providing
that in addition to the present mode of
taking dispositions of witnesses in cases
pending before United States courts, it
shall be lawful to take depositions in the
mode prescribed by the laws of the state in
which the court is held. Mr.. Hammond
(Ga.), also on behalf of the judiciary com
mittee, called up the bill TO prevent the
claim of the war taxes under +ne act
OF August ;, 1861 and acts amendatory
thereof by the United States being set off
against states having claims against the
general government. Pending discussion
the morning hour expired. Mr.. Bragg
(Wis.) asked unanimous consent to offer
resolution setting apart Friday and Satur-
day next for the consideration of the FitZ
John Porter bill the previous question to
be ordered at O'Clock Saturday after
noon. Mr.. Reed (Me.) objected. The
House then adjourned.
FRIDAY, Feb. 5.-The Speaker laid before
the House a message from the President,
transmitting the response of the secretary
OF the interior to the House resolution call
ing for copies Of any contract or lease be-
tween the Southern Pacific Railroad Com
pany and any land grant road; of the
charter of the Southern Pacific; and of any
contract between the Pacific Steamship
Company and any land grant road. At
1880 the House went into committee of
the whole. Mr.. Blount (Ga in the chair, on
the private calender. The committee re-
manned III session until $40, when it rose
and reported several bills to the House
leaving the Fitz John Porter bill standing
at the head OF the calendar. Bills were
passed for the relief of Frances f. Stewart,
Jas. w. Parish, Victor Beauboucher,
G. S. Hunt & Co., Pinney & Jack
son and Dudley Hall & Co.; also, bills au-
thorizing the Merchants National Bank of
Little Rock and the National Bank of
Winona to change their names, and author
izing the First National Bank of Mnneapo-
lis, Mimi, to increase it's capital stock to
an amount not to exceed 81 900 900. Mr..
Randall tPa.), from the committee on APP
preparations, reported the pension appro-
priation bill and it was referred to the
committee of the whole. The bill, as re-
ported, appropriates SIS, 1854 200, an in
crease of about SIS, 100000 over last
year. 1t is made up as follows: For army
and navy pensions, S75 600, 900; for fees
and expenses of examining surgeons, $500
600; for salaries of eighteen pension agents,
S72, 900; and for miscellaneous, including
clerk hire, rents, etc, S1S2, 900. On
motion of Mr.. Laird (Neb.), resolution
vas adopted making the Fitz John Porter
bill continuing special order from Thurs
day, the 11th inst, until Thursday, the
18th inst, including a night session on
Tuesday evening. The House then ad-
iourned till Monday.