Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1890-07-24
NEWS AND NOTES.
A Summary Of Important Events.
FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS.

IN the Senate, on the 18th. after prelimi-
nary and unimportant matters had been at
tended TO, consideration of the Sundry Civil
Appropriations bill WAS proceeded with.
and number of amendments were agreed
to- The bill then went over, and soon after
the Senate adjourned. In the House in
committee OF the whole on District of Co.
lumbla matters, the Atchison Railroad bill
being under consideration, it was moved
that the bill be reported to the House with
the recommendation that it be recommitted
to the committee on District of Columbia.
with instructions to report back substi
tute providing that befe re the Ist of Ianu
airy, 1894, the railroad company shall remove
It's present station from Sixth and B streets
TO the intersection of Vir2 in ia and MARYLAND
avenues, which action was taken
In the Senate, on the 18th, the bill grant
ing land to the State of Wash gton for a
soldiers home was passed. Almost the
whole afternoon was spent in the discus
sion of the proposed amendment to the
Sundry Civil Appropriations bill increas j.
ing the appropriation for irrigation surveys
from 100000 to 500, 900. but without action
$500 In the House the entire day was taken
up in the discussion of a bill appropriating
SOS, 1o9 for an additional force of $50 clerks
in the pension Office.
IN the Senate, on the 18th, after the trans
action OF some routine business, the nomi-
nations of the five general appraisers whose
names were sent in some days ago were con p.
nrmed in executive session. Consideration
OF the Sundry Civil Appropriations bill was
then resumed, and after long debate over
a proposed amendment increasing the ap-
preparation for topographic surveys and
repeating the Irrgable Lands Reservoir law
of June, 1855, the Senate, without action ad
journed. In the House the Land Grant
Forfeiture bill was discussed and laid aside
without action to consider a conference re-
port on a Western river bridge bill, but
loci of nd coil of ha
occupied the time until adjournment
IN the Senate, on the 18th, the discussion
of the irrigation question was resumed in
connection with an amendment to the Sun
dry Civil Appropriations bill A resolution
was introduced making it in order to put
the veminute rule in effect on the discus
sion of a bill or any amendment upon
vote of the Senate In the House the entire
day was spent in the discussion of the Land
Grant Forfeiture bill, which was finally
passed. 1t is a substitute for the Senate bill
and forfeits all land grants opposite to and
co-terminous with portions of railroads not
now completed.
IL the Senate, on the 18th. the amendment
to the Sundry Civil Appropriations bill re-
pealing the irrigation provision in the law
of lSSS-except that canal and reservoir 81 ties
located shall remain reserved
was further discussed and agreed to. as
were other amendments In the House,
after some discuss ion, resolution reported
bv the committee on rules providing for the
immediate consideration of the Original
Package bill and the Bankruptcy bill was
adopted. The Original Package bill was
then taken up and, occupied the remainder
of the session. An evening session was
held, devoted to private pension bills.