Show A bill to forfeit Eail rei tan ag senator mcconnell has introduced a bill providing for the forfeiture of the charters of the pacific railroads and the government assuming control the bill directs tha attorney general to commence proceedings for condemnation against thesa and authorizes the president to detail three army officers as a board of appraisers to fix the value of all the property belonging to these roads the attorney gen eral is also to institute proceedings against all the companies to forfeit the charters and other privileges conferred hy the government tho secretary of the treasury is to have prepared legal tender united notes to the amount of to be disposed of to pay of ane roads bonds and indebtedness no payment to be made until t ie supreme court has rendered a decision confirming the findings of the bard of appraisers the secretary of the interior is authorized to advertise within thirty days after the investiture of the property for a lease of fifty years of all the railways with their appurtenances and rolling stock no bid is to be considered for an annual rental of than the committee has agreed upon the immigration bill alij reported it to the housea th hill is considerably modified frum the measure hereto fore upon hy n majority of the house mr haying been strongly opposed to reporting 1 a iby mean ure hj stringent a the first |