Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-09-29

account being taken in the Senate of other
than written reports; bills passed-by the
House l 292, of which the Senate has
passed S49-(sll except these $40 have De-
come laws or are awaiting the Presidents
spprevsl); By the Senate ], 100, of which
4S6 were ssnt 10 the President, making the
total number about /, ,335 Acts OF the law.
against l. 100 for the whole of the last Con-
gress. OF these Acts SOC House and 275
Senate bills were pensions TO individuals.
In the completed work Of the session,
aside from the tariff bill, the following
are some of the many important measures
administrative bill, dependent and dis
ability pension bill, antitrust bill, an,i.
lottery bili, Worlds Fair bill, admission of
Idaho and Wyoming. meat inspection bill,
land grant forfeiture bill, original packing
bill. additions TO the navy; also, bills re-
pealiDg the Act of 1888, which withdrew
practically ali western public lands from
settlement, and providing that heresiter
only active reserve sites shall be with
drawn, and that no one person shall enter
more than $50 acres; bill for the relief OF
the Mississippi valley flood sufferers; Por-
tsge lake and Hennepin canal, and Calves
ton harbor projects; bill for large addition
to the clerical force in the Pension Office,
10 sdjudicate cases under the new Acts:
providing for the classification of worS,ed
clothes IN woolens; that no person in time
of peace shall be tried for desertion after
lapse of two years; 10 prevent desertions in
the army, oy enabling recruits to 'buy COT
extending the Act for the relief of railroad
land settlers; several bills regarding Indian
reservations and treaties; for census, farm
mortgages, etc; also, the census of Chinese;
increasing the pensions for total helpless.
ness, bill for an Assistant Secretary in ssch
of the War and Navy Departments.
There were eighteen contested election
cases before the House, and seven of the
Republican contestants have been seated.
The Senste seated two Republican Senators
fre ID Nonta1a.
Seven bills have been vetoed by the Pres
ident-three of them public building bills,
two bills authorizing Indebtedness in
creased in certain cities or counties, one
changing the boundaries of the Uncom-
pahgre Indian reservation, and the other
extending the time for the payment of
lands purchased from the Omaha tribe of
Indians.
Among the bills which passed the House
but have not yet passed the Senate are the
Federal election bill, the national bank
ruptcy bill, the bill for the relief of the
Supreme Court, the compound lard bill,
the bill to prevent product of convict labor
being furnished upon public buildings or
works, the eight-hour back pay bill, the
bill 10 repeal the timber culture law and
the eight-hour day bill.
Among the Senate bills which have not
passed the House, are the shipping and
subsidy bill, the bill granting California
five per cent. OF the proceeds OF the sale
of public lands, the bill to enlarge Yellow
II III II.
through vacant public lands, the bill for
irrigation purposes, the bill for compulsory
education OF Indian children, and the bill
for the inspection of live cattle and beef
products for expectation.
The Blair educational bill and interna-
tional copyright bill were defeated in the
Senate and House respectively. Many
other bills of prominence have not yet
been acted upon By either house.