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Show CONGRESSIONAL. SEX ATE. Washir.cion, 5. Frelinghuysen reported re-ported adversely to ltd b:A to refund ::.c two per cent, to Ohio, lcJ:ar,a and Liinois. Tburman submitted a minority minor-ity report. Both were ordered printed. At '.tie expiration of the morn r.g our, cor.iidc ration of the iinance b;ll was re-sumed. re-sumed. After considerable s;fcus?inn, Xnurman rr.oved to table the b1..: screed to to T, Cole voting in the alirmative, C:isserly in the ncgrttive- Tne report of the conference emmit-tee emmit-tee on the bill providing lor the construction con-struction of six new sloops of war, was received and concurred in. Tne house biil granting a pension to Mrs. S ood, daughter of Zichary Taylor, Tay-lor, was taken up and referred U the committee on penions. lie diplomAUcconiolaj appropriation bill wu uken up, and Edmcridf trior to strike out ifaa appropriation for the I'niied States and H'exicai; claim commission. com-mission. HOISE. Beck from the committee of wayi and means, reported an amendment io tbe internal revenue law, as follows: The rst section restore the provision of the law of v-i allowing producers of tobacco tobac-co to seli at ihe place of production, to o.nun-,rs. to the amount of not exceeding exceed-ing SUO; the second section proposes to incr-s-e the fractional parts ot barrels required to be ttarap, by including thirds of barrels; the third section pro-p"sls pro-p"sls to provide that the man who made wine from grapes raised by himself, mieht sell at the p' ace of production without paying the Jllo special tax now i required. The bill passed. The bill from ihe committee on pensions pen-sions passed, repealing the provision of the aot of July 4th, J6o4, prohibiting the allowance of pension claims unless orosecutrd to a euccpssful is?ue within rive years from the date of being filed, and allowing claims so banned to be ((ranted and allowed within two year -om the passage of this act upon saiis-Tactory saiis-Tactory parole evidence. In committee the house took up the postoifice appropriation bill. Palmer, who has charge of the bill, remarked that since the abolition of the franking privilege, the postmaster general was willing to havo the appropriation reduced re-duced by a million and a half. An amendment was offered and adopted, increasing the item for letter carriers by one hundred thou-and, and allowing allow-ing their employment in places of a population of twenty thousand within post orEce delivery. An unsuccessful effort was made to increase the compensation com-pensation of letter carriers- Adjourned. |