The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-05-22
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over the counting ~ = quofum Always
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pfeeencs ~ " quorum the Srsaker go
marked ~ seems 10 the chair that y quo
rum IL here
~ that 10 so,- responded Mr.. Williams,
u have no doubt there L. Nevertheless
We had better have the yeas and nays
The r%olloall demonstrates that Mr..
Cannon's eyeaiRht was truly accurate.
Among the sis Senate and sixteen House
bills passed were the following
Regulating enlist ments aud providing
punishment bv courts-martial In tho revsnus
cutter service
Amending the ioln, resolution oi iao7,
constituting the pension law " June 81, 1890.
by extending its provisions TO command
ofncera
An omnibus bin authorizing aids to navi-
CATION under the lighthouse establishment
10 tho amount of about 81 400. 0oo.
Authorizing the sale or lease Of crown
lands in Hawaii under laws OF tho Territory
for the benefit Of the territorial treasury.
Directing the sale Of surplus and unallotted
lands In the CPur d'tlens reservation,
idaho.
Senate bill. Incorporating the ArchRolog-
ical Institute OF America.
Authorizing the sale or lease OF school
lands in New Mexico.
Authorizing the sale 10 the town OF Albu-
querdue. y. NJ. OF $40 acres OF public land
at 81 rs an acre for park purposes.
Extending to the courts of New Mexico the
law regulating the selecting and impanelling
OF juries in United States courts.
Authorizing private parties TO complete
lock and dam No. 4. Coosa River. Ala, and
use the water thercfrom for light and power
purposes
Authorizing the Pike Rapids Power Com
pany to dam the Mississippi River In Madl-
son county. Mimi.
Authorizing the Charleston Light and
Water Company to dam Goose Creek. 8. C.
Extending the authority Of the Mississippi
River Commission from the mouth OF the Ohio
to Cape Girardeau. Mo.
Senate bill amending the NAVIGATION laws
40 as TO permit vessels not engaged in carry
Ing passengers to transport gasolene or
naphtha to be used as motive power for their
launches; to prohibit shanghaing In the
United States.
A bin to extend the period for the COM
pletion Of the Alaska Central Railroad by
three years and to exempt IL from the pay
ment of license taxes for the same time
was defeated, not receiving a two-thirds
vote. Mr.. Powers of Maine, who had the
measure in charge, claimed that opposition
to the measure was fomented by other rail-
road companies in Alaska, especially the
White Pass and Yukon, n British corporation.