The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1897-03-25
CONGRESSIONAL NOTES.

The appropriation for the support of
the postoffice department will be little
short of 800. 900. 900.
The House of Representatives has
passed bill providing for the appoint.
ment of delegates to'the Monetary Con-
ference.
First Sergeant HarrysSommers, Bat.
terry L, Third ARTILLERY, who has been
on special duty at Alcatraz island, has
been ordered to return to his station.
The bill has passed to set apart Dor.
ton of certain lands in the State of
Washington now known as the Pacific
forest reserve as public to be known
as Washington National Park.
A Postotfice has been established at
Johannesburg, Kern county, to be
served by special delivery from Rands.
burg, two miles away, with George
ID. Curtis as Postmaster.
The conference report on the bill to
amend the laws of navigation has been
agreed to. 1t contains clause that
nothing i'll it shall be constructed to re.
peal OF modify an act passed in 1850
which enacted that tiogging on board
vessels OF commerce is hereby prohib-
tied.
A bill providing for the survey of
the divisional line between Idaho and
Montana has been introduced in Con-
gress. The fifty-fourth Congress has
broken all record in its failure to pass
single bill for pubic buildings. The
expiring congress has passed ZOO pri-
vate pension bills and appropriated all
told more than one billion dollars.
Two bills were introduced by Repre-.
sentative Gillet of Massachusetts. one
Ito protect State anti-gambline bv
telegraph, telephone or otherwise. ),
the other Ito regulate interstate trans
portation of property owned or manu-
featured by unlawful combinations. !"
were ordered reported to the House by
the Judiciary Committee.
The Court of Claims list OF iude-
ments in cases of letter. carriers for
overtime. just given out, shows some
notable figures for California carriers
OF the claims the following shows the
sums which 90 to various cities: Ala
media, $llO6.90; Los Angeles, $4S8s. :
81; Oakland, $7074.55; Pasadena.
S1ls2.92 San Diego, $s12S.79; Santa
Rosa, $7S2.04; Stockton, 1881. is:
Santa Cruz. S439.57; Sacramento.
S3O3.6o; San Francisco. $s1, s7s.76.
The House has passed bill authorize
ing the acceptance of decorations from
the Hawaiian Government by certain
naval officers. These were conferred
by King Kalakaua upon Rear Admiral
George Brown, Captain George @.
Kenny and Lieutenant s. DYER for
services rendered ON the occasion of
the Kings visit to California. and by
Queen Liliuokalani on Ensign George
+. Bow, Frank Laviere, medical in.
spector, and W. Woods, in recognition
of services rendered the late King.
The anti-scalping bill has passed by
the House, after the exhaustion by it's
opponents of every parliamentary de.
vice which the rules permitted. The
majority in favor of the bill was suffi-.
cient to overcome all obstacles and the
measure triumphed. The vote was l4a
years to Of nays. The provisions of
the bill are: Railroad companies are
required to give their agents written
authority to sell tickets and this au
thority must be displayed where in
tending purchasers may see it: persons
not having that authority shall not
sell tickets except in cases of a bona
hide purchaser who may resell the
ticket to another intending passenger
when he cannot use it; the violation
OF either of these provisions is made
misdemeanor, railroad companies are
required to redeem unused tickets, and
the last section makes it felony.