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Show KOItTV-FIFTH CONGRESS. I EXTKA SEION. I Washington, 14. IiiK:lla, from the .ciMiiruiuee on Indian aflairs, reported twiih amendments, the senate bill to 'enable Indians to become citizens of lhe United Slates. Placed on the calendar. Conuver introduced a bill to grant additional homesteads to soldiers upon j ! public lands in the states of AUbama, ! MiUsippi, Louisiana and Florida. I lteferred to the committee on public Uuds. At the conclusion of the morning hour Maxoy called up the resolution ubuiitted by him a lew days ago, instructing in-structing the committee on military Uiiiri to inquire into the expediency of constructing a system of defensive works On the Kio Grande frontier oli the United States, and spoke at length in regard to raids from Mexico into Texas and tbe neces7ity for sue n defensive works. Windom, irom the committee on appropriations, reported with amendments amend-ments the houso bill making appro-priations appro-priations for the support of the army, 1 and it was placed on the calendir. Cockrill Baid he would not. object ti the bill being taken up now, with the understanding that its consideration considera-tion be deferred until to morrow. It had just been printed with amendments amend-ments and senators bad not time io examine it. Windom accepted the proposition of Cockrill and the army bill w.ts ukan up, with the understanding that it should come up as unfinished business to morrow. Wbyte submitted an amendment to the deficiency appropriation bill, appropriating $17,500 for continuing operations under the direction of tbe United States fish commission connected con-nected with the propagation and dis i tributioo of shad and other food fishes' during the present fiscal year. Ke- (erred. Windom submitted an amendment' to the same bill, appropriating $1,2001 for oxpenses of preparing for publica I lion auci indexing a volume containing contain-ing the proceedings of the electoral commission and of the two bouses of congress in regard to the counting of the electoral vote. Referred. Hamlin introduced a bill authorizing author-izing the purchase of tbe picture known as the "Polaris in her winter quarters in Robeson channel," providing pro-viding tbe cost of the picture does not exceed $10,000. Relerred. The vice president was authorized to fill the vacancy on the committee on pensions occasioned by the resignation resig-nation of Davis, and on the committee commit-tee on transportation routes to the seaboard occasioned by tbe resignation resigna-tion of Saunders. He thereupon appointed ap-pointed Voorhees to fill both vacancies. vacan-cies. After an executive cession the senate adjourned. |