Show LATEST TLEQHAMS I L FORTYSIXTH CONGRESS LAST SESSION SENATE Washington 21After the morning morn-ing hour the legislative appropria tioii bill was take up Davis stated that the amount estimated es-timated for 1SS1 was S1790iCOO As it was reported to the Senate it i was 1787 OOJ an excess over last year of 300000 due chiefly to the increase in the pension force The commissioner believed the internal receipts would exceed those of the preceeding year nearly S0000000 The committee set the figures at 12000000 In the committee of the whole the reading of the bill began and the amendments were acted on The committees amendment increasing the force in the pension bureau largely for the sake of clearing up the pension claims as soon as pos sibl caused a long discussion Plumb held that it was the only thing necessary to prevent pension frauds He believed there was something wrong in the pension office and intimated that the fault was with the commissioner Pending debate recess was taken HOUSE Washington 21 McMlliau offered of-fered a resolution asking the secretary secre-tary for the full particulars of the refunding of 1040 bonds in 1879 to whom sold in what amount the cash market value and all the correspondence cor-respondence with the syndicate and banks relating thereto Adopted By Warner to create a board of fiscal inspection to look over the collections col-lections and expenditures of the treasury to consist of three members not more than two to be from a political party appointed H 1 1 1 u Hl < > J uuu LV v v good behavior and being qualified becoming ineligible for any other ollice under government 40 to 55 years of age and to be retired at the age of 70 on full pay The salary is i left blank in the bill By Turner for a commission of three one being a railroad expert one a lawyer and one interested in commercial pursuits whose duty shall ue to inquire whether any railroads or common carriers of the United States in their freight charges discriminate unjustly against communities or individuals and if so what railroads and how Second to inquire whether freight charges for interstate commerce are oppressive and unjust Third to report to the next Congress the result of the inquiry and recommendations recom-mendations prevent the injustice The House 124 to 105 refused to concur in the senate amendments continuing in existence the Indian commission and a new conference was appointed Stevenson under direction of the committee on mines and mining moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill amending section 2326 of the Revised Statutes relating to suits at law effecting the till to mining claims It provides if in any action brought pursuant to section sec-tion 2326 the title to the ground in controversy shall not be established by either party the jury shall so find and judgment shall be entered according to the verdict In such cases the costs will not be allowed to either party and neither party shall be entitled to a patent for the lam until he has perfected his title Th motion was agreed to and the bill passed ilcLane under instructions from the committee on Pacific railroads moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill altering and amending the Pacific railroad sinking fund act approved ray 7th iSiS The bill which is long authorizes the secretary secre-tary of the treasury to invest the sinking fund of the Union Pacific and Central Pacific Companies in United States bonds other than 8 per cents or invest in mortgage bonds of companies and it extends the funding law to all Pacific railroads rail-roads The scope of the bill seemed misunderstood and a majority refused re-fused to second the motion to suspend sus-pend the rules the vote standing 40 to 47 j so the bill was not passed Goode under instructions from the committee on education and labor moved to suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill to establish an educational fund by applyiug a portion of the proceeds from the sale of public lands to the public education educa-tion and to provide for a more complete endowment of colleges for the advancement of industrial and agricultural education with an amendment in the nature of a substitute sub-stitute This is the bill previous reported from the committee on education and labor and recommitted recommit-ted The House refused to second the demand yeas CS nays SO A motion to adjourn over Wash ingtons birthday was defeated Hue Senate was invited to attend the presentation of eulogiums upon the life and haracter of Fernando Wood Adjourned |