Rocky Ford enterprise., 1910-11-04
LEGISLATIVE
RECORD MADE
BY CONGRESS-
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CONTINUED from 1st Pass.)
auces on railroads made broader aAa
more complete.
Adulteration and misbranding of II
secticides and fungicides prohibited
at the behest of farmers and orchard
ists.
White slave" tarifr penalized by .
system Of heavy fines for interstate
commerce therein.
Drastic regulations designed to pre-
vent collisions at sea.
The parole of federal prisoner
whose conduct after conviction war
ants clemency, authorized.
Publicity for campaign eontribs
;ions made compulsory.
System Of licensing customs broA
ers provided.
Provision made for collection o.
tonnage duties on vessels entering the
United States otherwise than by sss
immigration of aliens further pro
tected by increased restrictions aaS
regulations.
Seal fisheries Of Alaska protsctsS
by upto-date legislation.
Gold coin fixed as the medium fos
paying the public debt OF the UnitsS
States.
The act creating the government OF
Hawaii amended in important partie
ulars.
A commission Of hne arts creates
by enactment.
Provision Made for Raising the Maine
Provision made for raising the bat
t,eship Maine. now lying in Havans
harbor.
Extensive river and harbor biI
drafted in accordance with the policy
Of co-ordinating these improvements
Provision made for numerous Dse
essary public buildings and the com
Fiction of those already begun.
Thirty thousand dollars appropriat
( cd to enable the department Of asri
culture to conduct tests looking to the
discovery Of substitute for spruce h
manufacture Of pulp paper.
One hundred and fifty thousand dol
lars provided to enable the geological,
I.nryey to carry on the work Of gaus
the prosscutaIDGa psstaIGa for the promotion Of
Sherman antitrust law.
seventy.nve thousand dollars pro
vided for the use Of the Joint com
mission charged with the duty Of sst
Ting questions relating to boundary
waters between the United States and
Canada.
Glacier National Park in Montana.
created.
Big tree forests of California pro
tected BY additional safeguards.
Numerous legislation for the Dis
trict Of Columbia, including authorize
ton Of . system Of paroles for juv>
nile offenders.
Commission created to secure ths
adoption Of economical methods b
tthe federal departments.
| House rules 20 revised - to tfane
fer responsibility for legislative 10
ton from the speaker to . majority o.
the house.
Provision made for the compsnsa
tion Of Justice Moody should hs b
compelled to retire by III health.
Section $50 Of the Revised Statutes.
an immunity statute which was .
shield to criminals. repealed. in ae-
eordance with the earnest recomms,.
dation Of the attorney general.
Work Of the special ssssion os shs
SIxty.hrst Congress.
Payne tariff bill enacted, revisina
rates Of duty and providing dual tariR
system. whereby the United States
has secured minimum tarins from
every civilized nation.
Excise tax imposed on all corpora
tions. consisting Of 1 per cent meas
ured by the amount Of their net ~
ceipts.
Philippine tariff law. adjusting du
ties in the archipelago to those Of
the United States, enacted.
Tariff board. to assist In admins
tration Of dual tariff system and to
investigate costs Of production at
home and abroad, created,
Census law. providing for the TAX.
ing OF the thirteenth census. created