Show wal 1 l SUDIE 44 4 4 pe the first session after eig i coye ress is of the fifty i a review of about ended ani an 4 interesting its work may proal arst aff two the house devoted the 4 Sp Bion s oc tes TO iier ater I 1 and adoption of a code of rules a which the regular business was wa 3 taken up bills to tho the number of 1167 have been introduced in the house and referred to c committees of this number 2115 have been reported and placed on the calendar about of which have passed the house passed the alouse the most bosl important measures considered by the house except the general appropriation bill were the silver bills the tariff measures reported by the ways and means committee the chinese exclusion act tile the intermediate and army pension bill the bill to enforce reciprocal commercial relations with canada the bill increasing the pay of life saving crews to establish lineal promotion in the army for the better control of national ban banks 1 in in regard to loaning money to dire and officers ficera of and to add the name of secretary of df agriculture to the cabinet of officers acers who may act as president ilent in contingencies the bland silver till bill failed in ahe he holise as did tho the free coinage bill which ch passed the senate the several tax iff bills passed by the house failed in tile senate as did also the bills billa providing for the admission of new alerico arld and arizona as states by the bonat of 01 bills introduced in the tha senate 1102 1 were reported upon by bv conn comi and of them parsed amoin ig the most important measures passed i arged I 1 by the sena senate to and not accepted 0 toy o ly th the 0 be house were the following to fa cilita to te the settlement of claims for arrears oi 01 pay and bounty for the construct ii it in n of revenue cutters two each for be 66 arvice on the great lakes laires and the par I 1 i fi 0 c E the pure fure food bill to iacre ase 50 tau rate of pension for certain cases of deafy ess to fix the prices of lands ir 7 tir na der at the desert land laws to authorize the secretary of war to ca e a agn survey arvey to bo be made for a ship canal rom roin phi la delph ia across new jersey ty t 4 new Nev york jb bay ay for the better of the it ii tion laws A L amber ly anber of the public buildings and elp 1 m bills passed by 7 tile the banate also faila failed d in the g housa JY th aoth branches rau clio four fou r nuil dred and three bill 9 llant leavo passed both houses homes and been sent to the president bior for bi signature nature then are ra twenty FA those bills aills still under c onkie aeration by y the executive out on I 1 has been i returned to lo the house by i ts tb teques roques ques without tig signature bigna nature lure three have beo me laws without the alts IV 01 new laws law among amon the more important b ls ills NV which aich bavo become laws are the I 1 1 I lo 10 lowing i to encourage courage rii ship buil dirl S W for the penu anent arient preservation an d custody of the records of the volunteer volun tee tep T armies to add the name of 0 bechet secretary ary ot 0 agriculture to ta the cabinet officers who may become pre president in cert certain an i ettler emergencies gen cies to the coming of cht chi neto nebo into the united the inter mediate arid and the army nurse bills billa t li p reciprocate commercial relations relation tn canada inci the maxi pay of life saying crews |