Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1888-02-23
HOUSE

The house committee on commerce re-
ported fayorably Mr.. Nelson's bill proyid.
ing for the erection of bridges over the Red
river by the North Dakota & Pacific and
the Duluth, Rainy Lake river & South
western railroads.
Mr.. Davis OF Massachusetts, was in
structed By the rouse commerce commit
tee to make a favorable report upon his
bill providing for the establishment OF a
bureau Of health in the interior depart
ment.
The speaker announced the resign alton
OF Mr.. Cox OF New York from the commit
tee on territories, and the appointment Of
Mr.. Taulbee OF Kentucky to fill the va
cancy-Mr. Taulbee retiring from the com
mittee on the eleventh census.
Mr.. Cox OF New York introduced a bill
for the payment of the claims OF the may
or, aldermen and commonality of New
York city. 1t provides for the payment Of
81, 1872, 657, the amount paid by the city
for the principal and interest on the bonds
issued to the Union defense committee of
New York in 1861 and 1862.
The attorney general sent to congress
a request for an appropriation OF
$3.50, $50 for the payment OF assistant dis
trict attorneys. He asks for the following
among others:
For j. C. Murphy OF Dakota. 81, 600;
William Graham, district OF Northern
Iowa, 1900; Minnesota: ID. w. Lawler,
$500; G.. G. Randolph, the same fees as the
United States district attorney; western
distric OF Wisconsin; W. X. Rogers, 81, 200;
eastern and western districts. E. E. Chap
in, special attorney in the Fox and Wis
consin river cases, 81, 400.
SENATE.
The Blair educational bill passed the
senate by 10 majority. the yeas being 80
and nays 20. OF the thirty-nine affirma-
tive votes twenty, three are Republican and
of the twenty-nine negative votes twelve.
Both the Minnesota senator's and Senator
Spooner of Wisconsin, all ranged in
the opposition. There is not much
expectation that it will pass the house,
but if it should, it will be vetoed without
doubt.
The provisions OF the bill are as follows:
For eight years after its passage there
shall be annually appropriated from the
treasury the following sums in aid
of Common school education in the
states, territories. District OF Colum.
bia and Alaska: The first year, ST.
000, 900; the second, $40, OO0, 900; the
third, SIS, 000, 900; the fourth, S13, 00O,.
600; the fifth, S11, 900. 900; the sixth. So
900. 600; the seventh, 81. 0O0, 900 and the
eighth, $4,000, 600. making ST., 200, 900,
besides which there is a special appropria-
ton OF 81, 900, 900 to aid in the erection of
school houses in sparsely settled districts.
Ths money is given to the states and
territories in the proportion which
the whole humber OF persons 10 each who,
being of the age OF ten years and over, can
not write, bears to the Whole number of
such persons in the United States. In
states having separate schools for white
and colored children, the money shall be
paid out in such proportion as such white
and colored children between ten
n t~wenty-one years old in such
state bear to each other by the cen
sus. No state is TO receive the ben.
eft OF the act until its governor shall file
with the secretary of the interior a state
ment giving iull statistics OF the school
system, attendance OF white and colored
children, amount OF money expended,
number Of schools in operation, number
and compensation of teachers, etc. No
state or territory hal receive in any year
from this fund more money than it has
paid out the previous year from its own
revenues for common schools. II
any state or territory decli mes
to take its share OF the national
fund, such share is to be distributed
among the states accepting the benefits Of
the fund. II any state or territory misap-
plies the iund or fails to comply with the
conditions, il loses all subsequent appor.
tionments. Samples OF all school books
in use in the common schools of states
and territories shall be filed with the Sec
rotary OF the interior. ANY state or terri
tory accepting the provisions of the act
at the first session of its legislature after
the passage of the act shall receive its pro
rata share OF all previous annual appro-
priations.
HOUSE.
In the absence of the speaker, Mr.. Cox,
OF New York, presided over the House.
Mr.. Robertson, Of Louisiana, nom the
committee on military affairs, reported
the bill for the payment OF 500 to sol
diers who enlisted under the act of July
%, 1861. and who were discharged by
reason OF surgeons certificate OF disability
or by promotion before the expiration OF
two years and who have not received 500
bounty, Committee of the whole.
On motion OF hfr. Dorsey, OF Nebraska,
the bill was passed providing hat Nebras-
ka shall constitute an entire judicial dis
trict to be known as the district OF Ne
braska.
Mr.. Randall, OF Pennsylvania, from the
committee on appropriations, reported a
resolution for the appointment OF a spe-