The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1893-11-08
WORK OF THE SENATE.
of 1,I52 Bills Introduced But Twelve
Were Passed.

Were Passed.
The bill Of next greatest Importance
to the repeal bin which has passed both
houses of congress is the bill extending
the time in which Chinese laborers can
register under the Chinese act. known
as the Gerary law. Much interest at
tached to the bill providing for a bridge
across the Hudson at New York. This
bill passed both houses.
OF the LISP bills which have been in
PRODUCED in the senate during the ses-
sion. which closed today, only twelve
have passed that body and of these only
three have passed the house Of repre-
signature and became laws. Of the
three new laws, originating in the senate
one is in aid of the midwinJer inter
national exposition to be held in san
Francisco, another grants certain settlers
in Oklahoma territory the right to COM
mute their homestead entries and the
third relates to clerks in the office of the
commissioners of the District of CO.
lumbia.
The other billie which have passed the
senate are as follows:
Making appropriations for the pur-
chase of ground III Washington for a
building to be used as hall Of records.
Granting to California ) per centum
of the net proceeds of the cash sales of
public lands in mat state.
To extend the tine for making final
payments on entries under the desert
land act.
Authorizing certain Cherokee allotees
or claimants TO purchase certain tracts
held and claimed by them
To donate to the county oe laramie,
Wyo.. certain bridges on abandoned FIT.
Laramie military reservation.
To a1rtboriZa The Chattanooga West arn
railway company ~ construct bridge
across the Tennessee river near Chatta-
nooga.
To grant the right of way to The Kan
sas, Oklahoma Central & Southwestern
railway company through the indian
territory and Oklahoma territory.
To aid the states of California, Oregon,
Washington, Idaho, Nevada, Wyoming,
Colorado and South Dakota to support
schools Of mines.
The senate also passed four joint reso-
buttons which originated in that body
and twelve which originated in the
house. The only one of the senate joint
resolutions Of importance is the one
which provides for the construction of a
hall of records in Washington, which
also passed the house OF the house
resolutions which passed the senate those
worthy Of note are: That relating to
the mormon church property in Salt
Lake City, that providing for the pub
lication of $4,000 additional copies of the
compendium of the eleventh census, that
for the removal of ocean derelicts and
that comforting diplomas upon worlds
fair artisans through the board of lady
managers.
1t will be seen that the session Of the
senate mas not been noteworthy on ac-
count Of the number of bills and resolu-
tons which have passed that body. The
total of senate bills and joint resolu-
tons of house bills and joint resolu-
tions all told is only forty-two.
The senate will not be without ma
terial to work upon when it shall re-
convene in December. The calendar is
sued today shows sixty-ive bills and
resolutions reported by committees and
ready for the attention of the senate. A
large proportion Of these bills and reso-
lutiOns relate TO private claims. PROB
ably the most important bill upon the
senate calendar now is that for the re-
peal Of the federal election laws.