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Show II 4)1 St. Willard reported a bill to prevent the eale and U3e of adulterated and explosive illuminating oi!s. Passed. Lawrence reported a bill relating to land patents, it provides that whenever when-ever a party is lawfully entitled to a patent it shall have the same power as though it wa3 issued at the time the party was first entitled to it. Massed. Also a bill providing that every person properly qualified shall be admitted to practice in any court without regard to sex. Laid on the table. McCreary reported a biil to require a service of process in the United Stales in certain cases. It provides that whenever a service of process against any corporation cannot be made by reason of tiio fact that tho officer on whom by the law of such state; tho service is to be mado ha resigned or cannot be found, the service ser-vice may bo inudo on any officer or agent of tho corporation. Passed. Also a bill to provide for the appointment ap-pointment of L additional circuit commissioners, com-missioners, and to prevent oppression it directs tlio judges of tho circuit courts to appoint commissioners in every county, who shall givo a hearing hear-ing to any person arrested for violation viola-tion of tho United Slates law, when he shall bo entitled to Huch hearing. Passed. Ako iu relation to judgment liens. It provides that judgments and decrees of the United States courts for payment of money shall be liens on the real estate of the debtor. Passed. Caulfield reported a bill fixing the time of tho redemption of lands sold by decrees and judgmenta in chancery. chan-cery. It provides that whenever real estate shall be sold on judgments and decrees in chancery, the same right shall bo allowed for the redemption ol such salo aa is allowed by the statuto of the stato. Passed. Dougl.isa, chairman of tho committee com-mittee on tho Freed ruan'a bank, mado a report ns to tho payment of the menevs due the colored n:iilnm urA. diers aud marines. Tho report says: Tbe provision for payment has been partly defeated by tho fraudulent contrivance con-trivance of the bureau of refugn for freed men and abandoned lands, also that the settlement covering thoso do- linquent claims bavo been filed with the treasury by General Howard and O. Bullock, in which tho fraudulent vouchers and other falso evidence of payment bavo been filed and Lined by i-these i-these officers, by which they obtained t improperly credits fur tho money alleged al-leged to have been paid. To remedy this the committee rrporlH a bill directing tlio treamiry to pay the colored col-ored Bailor, soldiers and marines I under certain circumplanccs and 1 bring all persona implicated iu tho c fraud to junticr f' After a debate, in which Hoar and 1 K.isson defended Howard from these unpersons, tlio bill and correapou- !' denco wero ordered to bo printed and recommitted. d Jtandall roported tho sundry civil appropriation bill. Onlend printed. The bill appropriated $14,087,810 ngain.it J'JW.fil (,;joU iu the corresponding corres-ponding bill of last year. I Tho bonne then proeo'jdcd to c tho consideration of tho bill equal- h izing bounties ij ijoMicrd, and H whs ttddremtd by Thoruburgcr u in its favor. It allows to all enlisted men, soldiers, sailors and marines, including slaves and Indians, $SJ for their per cent, of service between the 12th of April, 1S01, and the Oth of May, IStJo, do-ducting do-ducting all bounties airraid v paid under the United Stales or flute, laws. The bill is not to apply to substitutes, sub-stitutes, men who were prisoners of war al Ihe time of enlistment, or men who wero discharged on their own application tor other causes than disability dis-ability incurred in the service prior lo the 10th of April, 1S05, unless euch discharge was obtained with a view to re-enlistment or to accept promotion, promo-tion, or to persons discharged on the ground of minority. All applications for bounties under the bill arc to Lu: filed within live years. The bill requires re-quires tho expenditure ot between $0,000,000 and $10,000,000. It was passed 141 against 40. Tho speaker laid before the lioust; a message from tbe president in relation rela-tion to the extradition treaty with England, ana refund of that government govern-ment to comply with U provisions in the enses of Winslow and Brent, based upon tho act ol parliament passed in 1870, :iud setting at liberty both tho lugilives from justice. The president regards it as nn abrogation and annulment of tho treaty, and does not think it would comport with the dignity and self respect of this government to make demands on the English government gov-ernment for the surrender ot fugitive criminals, or to entertain auy request of that character from that government. govern-ment. Ho gives notice that without, tho further action of congress he will not make or entertain such requests under the treaty. Tho niessago was referred to tho cammi.teo on foreign relations. Poppieton reported a resolution authorizing au-thorizing sub committees to proced to New York aud such other places as may be deemed necessary for the purpose pur-pose of taking testimony in the mutter mut-ter of expenditures on public buiid-. buiid-. iugs. Adopted. Kiddle introduced a bill to repeat the ten per cent, tux on notes of etate banks. Referred. Lawrence (Ohio) gave notice that under an agreement ol tbe judiciary committee to d iy, the vote on tbe bill for the Pacific rnilro;id sinking fund would not be asked before the Olh ol July. Adjourned. |