Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1894-01-25
yermontin Congress.

vermont III Congress
Vermont's representatives and sem
ators propose legislation provided in
63 bills introduced by theln.s Of these,
Senator Morrill, has introduced five,
Senator Proctor, eight, Gen. Grout, 45
and Mr.. Powers, four.
One of Senator Morrill's bills pro-
ivides for purchasing ground in Wash
ington for building for the use OF
the Supreme Court OF the United
States; another provides for fire.
proof building in Washington for the
use of the National museum; another,
that dead bodies of paupers and Grim
inals in the District of Columbia shall
he turned over. when not claimed, to
medical colleges and societies; another,
TO correct the military record of Sill.
Sentenne. formerly of 81. Adams, and
a bin to pension Martha R.Iiitchcock.
Senator Proctor's bills provide for
an increase of the water supply for
the District Of Columbia; to annex
Utah to Nevada; to appoint staff OIL
GERS in the army from the line; to IN
crease the pay of non-commissioned
officers Of the army; to place Dunbar
II. Ransom on the retired list OF the
army; TO pension Sarah w. DeCamp
of West Burke. Mary Brown of Bcr-
lin. and Evelyn n. NanNliet.
Gen. Grout's bills provide for pub
lie building at Newport; that the PEP
Die may choose their own postmasters;
that the pension of certain soldiers
and sailors be increased; that the Tn
ion soldiers confined in Southern
prisons during the war shall have y
a month additional pension for every
80 DAYS OF such confinement; that the
fees for postal money orders shall be
dccreased; thai certain conflicting
claims against the government may be
speedily settled and paid; bill for re-
lief of l.. A. Moves, 10 pay hun Tor
services as special agent OF the treasury
in Alaska; bill to pay Postmaster
Sturtevant of Hartland the amount OF
money lost by the burglary of his Of
ice: a bill to pay George w. Saulpaw
of Bellows Falls for his steamer taken
for government use in the Rebelhon;a
bill TO pay Byron stickney of Ando-
yer $500 paid by him to secure eNemp-
ton from draft; bill to correct the
military records of Ira Holmes, sth
Vt: Hiram Carpenter, Vt. light artil-
lery: Frank Brown. eth NH; Charles
f. Sanborn, st. Adams, 2nd VT; Hem
nv l.. Franklin, 2nd Vt; Horace
Brown. 33rd u. ;. colored troops;
Julius A. Morrill,, lst VT. light artil-
Iery; and bills TO pension Betsy Bush
of Bondville; Eugene liowe;Joanna A..
Mcintyre; II. A. Wiley; Harry Cor
man: Harriet NJ. Scott, Mary }. Had
lev. army nurses; Caroline Perkins;
Paul Lacoss, L :. Infantry: Harriet
Woodbury.; Samuel W. Rice, Israel b.
Clark, John l. Cleveland, Bird VI;
Frank A. smell, 18th Vt; Jesse Webb;
Sarah DeCamp; Mary Brown; Pasi-
phae J. Howe; Lucy Morse: Martha
II. Hitchcock; James Carlin; Sophri-
ma Bailey; Anna Lavine and Patty
Richardson.
OF Mr.. Powers bills. one provides
that the secretary OF agriculture shall
be president when the president, vice
president and all the other cabinet Of
iicers are dead or disabled; one, that
a pension be allowed Julia Roberts;
one that S245. 720 confiscated by Gen.
Butler in Louisiana during the Rebel
lion and paid into the United States
treasury. be paid back now to those
claiming it, and the other bill is en-
titled "A bill for the relief of the
Grand Trunk Railway company OF
Canada. Elk.