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the certificates provided for in this act, and
such bullion shall be subsequently, coined. y
This was agreed to without division.
REPORTED TO THE SENATE.
The bill was then reported to the Senate
and all the amendments agreed to in COM
mittee Of the whole were agreed TO in the
Senate-yeas 40, nays &c.
Mr.. Chandler moved to insert the follow
ing amendment: ''No gold or silver bullion
shall be received by the treasury depart
ment under this act except such as shall be
shown to be the product of mines within
the United States"
Mr.. Teller moved to lay the amendment
on the table. and this was agreed to, yeas
AZ, nays 25.
THE BILL PASSED.
The bill as amended was then passed
yeas AZ, nays 25. as follows:
YEAs-Messrs. Bate, Berry, Blodgett, Butler
Call, Cameron, Cockrel, Coke, Colquitt, Daniel
Eustis, George, German, Harris, Hearst, Ingalls,,
Jones of Arkansas, Jones of Nevada, Kenna,
Manderson. Mitchell, Moody, Morgan, Pad
Pugh, Ransom, Reagan, Sanders, Squire, Stew
art. Teller, Turpie, Vance, Vest, Voorhees,
Walthail and Wolcott-42.
NAYs-Messrs. Aldrich, Allen, Allison, Blair
Casey, Chandler, Cullom, Dawes, Edmunds
Evarts, Frye, Gray, Hale, Hawley, Hiscock
Hoar, Mcpherson, Morrill,, Platt Sawyer, Sher
man. Spooner, Stockbridge, Washburn and
Wilson of Maryland-25.
REPUBLICANS IN THE AFFIRMATIVE.
The following republicans voted aye;
Messrs. Cameron, ingalls,, Jones of Nevada,
Manderson, Mitchell, Moody, Paddock,
Pierce, Plumb, Power, Sanders. Squire,
Stewart, Teller and Wolcott.
MesSrs. Gray, Mcpherson and Wilson OF
Maryland (democrats) voted nay.
During the roll call the following pairs
were announced, the first named in each
case being in favor of the bill: Messrs
Hampton and Dixon, Brown and Dolph
Pettigrew and Higgins, Bile ckburn and
Mcmillan, Stanford and WilsU.. u Iowa
The pair Of Messrs. Quay and Faulkner was
announced without any statement of theiI
respective positions.
The following are not recorded as voting
Messrs. Barbour, Carlisle, DAVIS, Farwell
and Gibson.
The title of the bill was amended so as t
read, "An act to provide for free coinage
of gold and silver bullion, and for othel
purposes"
TEXT OF THE BILL
Following is the text Of the silver bill a
it now stands:
SECTION 1. That from and after the passag
of this act the unit of value In the Unite,
| States shall be the dollar, and the same may b.
| coined OF 412l6 grains of standard silver, or o
| % o ~ grams OF standard gold. and said coin
shall be equally legal tender for all debts. public
| or private; that thereafter any owner of silve
or gold bullion may deposit the same at an,
mint Of the United States to be formed int
| standard dollars or bars for his benefit, ant
without charge; but it shall be lawful to refus
| any deposit of less value than 800 or an,
bullion SO base as to be unsuitable for tht
| operation of the mint.
| SEQ. 2. That the provisions of section of al
act to authorize the coinage of standard silve
dollars and to restore its legal tender character
which became a law Feb %, 1873, is hereb,
made applicable to the coinage in this act pro
vided for.
| SEC. 8. That the certificates provided for il
the second section Of this act and all silver ant
| gold certificates already issued shall be of de
nominations of not less than 81 or more thai
| 500, and such certificates shall be redeem
| able in coin of standard value. suffi
| cient sum to carry out the provisions o
this act is hereby appropriated out of an.
money in the treasury not otherwise appropri
| ated. provision In section of the act o
| Feb. %, 1873 entitled, "An act to authorize th,
| coinage OF standard silver dollars and to re
store Its legal tender character" which re
| quires the Secretary of the Treasury to pur
| chase at the market price thereof not less thai
g., ,000, 900 worth of silver bullion per month no
more than S4,000000 worth per month Of sucl
| bullion, is hereby repealed.
| SEC. 4. That the certificates provided for il
this act, and all silver and gold crtif1cates al
ready purchased, shall be receivable for al
| taxes and dues to the United States Of every
| u6SCTlpllOu, db0 SuaH D6 iegal LeHu6r
payment Of all debts, public and private.
| Sec. o. The owners of bullion deposited TO
| coinage shall have opportunity to receive tn,
coin or its equivalent In certificates provided TO
in this act, and such bullion shall be subse
| quently coined
| SEQ. g. That upon the passage of this act tn
| balances standing with the treasurer of tn
| United States to the respective credits of ma
| tional banks for deposits made to redeem tn
| circulating notes of such banks, and all depos
| its thereby received for like purpose, shall b.
| covered into the treasury as miscellaneous re
| ceipts, and the treasurer of the United State
shall redeem from the general cash in The treas
ury the circulating notes of said banks whicl
may come into his possession subject to re
| demption; and upon certificate o
| the comptroller of the currenc
| that such notes have been received by him AM
that they have been destroyed and no nev
new notes will be issued In their place REIN
| bursement of their amount shall be made to tn
treasurer, under such regulations as the Secre
| tary of the Treasury may prescribe, from al
| appropriation hereby created, to be known q
| the National bank notes redemption account; !;
| but the provisions of this act shall not app
| to deposits received under section 0
the act Of June 90, 1874 requiring every nationa
| bank to keep In lawful money with the Treas
| urer of the United States an amount equal to
| per cent of its circulation, to be held aud use
for the redemption of Its circulating notes
| and the balances remaining of deposits s.
| covered shall, at the close of each month, b.
| reported on the monthly public debt statemen
as debt of the United States bearing no in
| terest.
The bill for the admission of Wyoming q
a state was taken no, 80 as to make it tn
| unfinished business, u and the Senate a
| 20 O'Clock adjourned,