The Ordway new era., 1910-11-04
legislative
RECORD MADE
BY CONGRESS
CONTINUED from 1st Pass.)

ancss ON railroads made broader and
more complete.
Adulteration and misbranding OF in
secticides and fungicides prohibited.
1T the behest Of farmers and orchard
lists.
White slave" tarin penalized by .
system Of heavy fines for interstate
commerce therein.
Drastic regulations designed to pre-
vent collisions at sea.
The parole Of federal prisoners.
whose conduct after conviction war
rants clemency, authorized.
Publicity for campaign contribu-
tions made compulsory.
System Of licensing customs brok-
ers provided.
Provision made for collection Of
tonnage duties on vessels entering the
United States otherwise than by sea
immigration Of aliens further pro-
tected by increased restrictions and
regulations.
Seal fisheries of Alaska protected
by up-to-date legislation.
Gold coin fixed as the medium for
paying the public debt Of the United
States.
The act creating the government Of
Hawaii amended in important partic-
ulars.
A commission Of fine arts created
by enactment.
Provision Made for Raising the Maine.
Provision made for raising tho bat
ileship Maine. now lying in Havana
harbor.
Extensive river and harbor bill
drafted in accordance with tho policy
Of co-ordinating these Improvements.
| Provision made for numerous nee.
essary public buildings and the COM
Fiction Of those already begun.
Thirty thousand dollars appropriate
ied to enable the department Of agri-
culture to conduct tests looking to the
discovery Of a substitute for spruce in
the manufacture OF pulp paper.
One hundred and fifty thousand dol.
lars provided to enable the geological
survey to carry on the work of gaug-
ing streams and for the promotion Of
the conservation OF water power sites.
Two hundred thousand dollars
granted the department Of Justice for
J the prosecution Of violators Of the
( Sherman antitrust law.
Seventy-five thousand dollars pro-
vided for the use Of the joint com.
mission charged with the duty Of set
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.
;ion OF system Of paroles for 1uvs-
nile offenders.
Commission created to secure the
adoption Of economical methods In
'AC ASuSAai uCpdI Iuleul6.
House rules so revised as to trans.
fer responsibility for legislative ae-
ton from the speaker to a majority Of
the house.
Provision made for the compensa.
tion of Justice Moody should he bs
compelled to retire by Ill health.
Section $50 Of the Revised statute,.
an immunity statute which was a
shield to criminals, repealed, in ac.
eordance with the earnest recommsn.
dation Of the attorney general.
Work Of the Special Session Of the
slxty.Hrst Congress.
Payne tariff bill enacted, revising
rates Of duty and providing dual tariff
system. whereby the United States
has secured minimum tariffs from
every civilized nation.
Excise tax imposed on all oorpors.
tions. consisting Of 1 per cent meas.
ured by the amount Of their net 70.
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,
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