The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1894-08-08
A Review Of Legislation During
the Present Session.
FIVE DEFICIENCY BILLS PASSED
Much Has Been Done Aside From the
EperosslnR Tariff struggle-Made
Legal Holiday.

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August 3, shows that much has been
done aside from the engrossing tariff
struggle, which has largely diverted
public attention from matters which
would, under other conditions,
have been considered of conse.
uuence. One of the most
important acts of the session, and
which passed both houses by strict
party vote, being III fultillment of the
plank of the democratic platform, was
the act repealing all laws creating fed
eral supervisors Of elections and defin
ing their powers. Another important
act was to enable the people of Utah t.
form constitution and state govern
ment and be admitted into the Union
on o full footing with the original
states, and providing machinery by
which the territory will be admitted,
probably in December. 1895.
There is the act making the first
Monday in September legal holiday,
to be called Labor day. Three bills
were passed to give effect to the award
of the tribunal of arbitration at Paris
which edjudicated the seal fisheries
disputes. Several measures were enact
ed in accordance with the recommends.
tons of the Dockery commission so.
called). for improving and simplifying
methods of doing government business.
The most important were those chang
ing the method Of auditing accounts In
the treasury department., improving
the methods of accounting IN the post
office department aud changing the
money order system. and regulating
the making OF property returns by
officials of the government.
The naval bill. empowering the
president to fill vacancies in the grade
of enslgns or assistant engineers by Sc
lections from the graduating class OF
the naval academy, where the vacan-
cies exceed the number of cadets in the
line division or engineer division.
Also that the vacancy In the naval
school from the district which the Sec
rotary of the navy is called upon to fill
must be filled by the appointment OF q
resident of that district of two years
standing.
Three Of the appropriation bills have
not yet gone to the president-the river
and harbor. general deficiency and
sundry civil. Incidental to the sun.
dry civil is the provision granting
1.OUO, 900 acres of surveyed arid public
lands to each of the states to which the
desert land law is applicable-Ne-
braska, Kansas, the territories of Ari-
IONA. New Mexico, Oklahoma and
Utah-to be selected within 10 years.
Five Deficiency Bills.
Five deficiency bills have been nee
essary this season. The principal item:
in the frs. one was $l27, 500 for pay o.
assistant janitors and custodians under
the treasury department and $500. OO(
for mileage for members. the regular
mileage appropriation for the first SEES
sion having been used during the spe
cial session.
The second bill included $745. 900 fol
the treasury department, $500. 600 o.
1t for the customs service, $500, 600 fol
pension service, $500, 600 for the census
and 5000, 900 for the treasury depart
ment, half of it for the enforcement Of
the Chinese exclusion act, with $685.
GOO for treasury printing and $5O. OO(
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tine and Machias. The fourth carried
about $215. 600 for the treasury, most of II
for the bureau of printing and engrav-
ing. and for United States courts ST..
5000. The fifth bill, approved June
Is. carried $l65. 900 for o public print
ing office and $185, 900 for custom SER
vice. Two resolutions appropriating
$50, 900 and $4,000 for enforcing The
Chinese exclusion act were ap
proved December Z. 1893. auC
April 4, 1894. As most of the ap
Precipitation bills had not passed
at the beginning of the fiscal year, July
l. 1t was necessary to extend by resoIu
ton all the appropriations for he cessary
expeps es Of the government, for pen
sions and for the District Of Columbls
They were twice extended 80 days from
June 80 and Is days from July 80
Two special appropriation bills for tn
salaries Of the employees Of congress
were necessary, and one for expense
Of the investigation ordered by tn
senate. .