The herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1893-1900, 1895-03-05

President today were the following The
agricultural appropriation BILL the forth
fications appropriation, invalid pension
bill, to authorize the Wisconsin and New
Duluth Bridge Company to construct a
bridge across the st. Louis River be-
tween Wisconsin and Minnesota, author
izing the construction of bridge across
the Illinois River near Hennepin, many
bills granting pensions or TO increase
present pensions, increasing to 500 the
pension of General John A.McClernand OF
Illinois, granting power to the Chief JUS
tees of the United States in the territor-
les to appoint commissioners to take
proof in land cases. to amend the act
authorizing the Kansas City, Pittsburg
and Gulf Railway Company to construct
and operate railway, telegraph and tele-
phone lines through the Indian
Territory, to amend the act lncor-
porating the American University;
an act to amend the act for the relief. OF
volunteer and regular soldiers of the late
war and the Mexican wars, passed March
liens of judgments of DEGREES OF the
courts of the United States, approved
August |, 1889; the sundry civil, legisla-
tive, excutivee and judicial appropriation
bills; to amend an act for the erection OF
a Government building at Chicago; a
of certain cannon to the Louisville G. A.
Il. company; a joint resolution to con
tinue the present officers and courts in
the Indian Territory until the bill for the
reorganization of the judiciary has become
a law; to amend an act providing for the
reduction of the gross tonnage of vessels
of the United States; joint resolution Tor
the printing OF a digest of the laws and
decisions relating to the compensation OF
officials of the United States courts; joint
resolution to extend the time in which
members of the FiftyThird Congress
may distribute documents; joint resolu-
ton calling on the President to take such
measures as he may deem necessary to
consummate the agreement between the
governments of Spain and the United
States for the relief of Antonio Maxim
Mora; providing for the salaries OF Judges
and other officers of the United States
courts in the Indian Territory; an act for
the suppression of lottery traffic through
national and interstate commerce and the
postal service in the jurisdiction and law
of the United States (This bill is intended
to make more fully effective previous lot
terry suppression legislation); amending
Section 1865, Chapter 3, Title 60, OF the Re-
vised Statutes of the United States relating
to copyrights; the diplomatic and the con-
sular and naval appropriation bills.
The following bills failed to receive the
signature of the President, and therefore
failed to become laws: To protect the in
sigma and name of the Red Cross; to
amend an act to provide time and place OF
holding the terms of the United States
courts in the state of Washington Ito amend
an act authorizing the Texarkana and Fort
Smith Railway Company TO bridge the
Sulphur river in Arkansas or in Texas; for
the relief of telegraph operators during
the war of the rebellion; to grant to rail
road companies in the Indian Territory
additional powers to secure right OF way,
depot grounds, &C.; to grant the Gaines
vile, McAllister and St. Louis Railway
Company the right to build two branch
lines and to grant the right of way there
for through the Indian Territory; grant
ing to the State of Kansas the abandoned
Fort Hays military reservation; to au-
thorize the War Department to audit GER
tain quartermaster vouchers alleged to
belong to John Quinn of st. Louis; also
number of private bills being measures
either for the relief or TO grant pensions
or to correct military records.