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Show , WORK ACCOMPLISHED IN . i THE SHORT SESSION OF FIFTY-EIGHTH CONGRESS i i . V . . . . Ji, - WASHINGTON, March 1. The legls i ' lativa aotinty xt the. Fifty-eighth Con-gresa Con-gresa during Its chert session Just .elos- ;'j lng jnay be. estimated by the fact that ! ovr 100 laws affecting the general pub- j lie have been enacted, and over 1000 prl j vjtte acts passed. The private acts cpn- sist largely of pensions granted, while, j ' a few relief measures and removal of ? charges of desertion make up the re- I . ' v rnalnder, -i .-. c; r l'.. I The regular appropriation bJUa all are progressing to completion and some ot ' - them have already reclved the' slgnsU '. tore of President Roosevelt." "4 .' -The Senate has amended ndratifled' arbitration treaties with seVen 'Euro--' 'j pean powers and sixteen; American" re- ! publics. It also has sat as a court arid i acquitted Charles Swayne. Judge of tho 1 . District court for the northern tristrlct of. Florida, on articles of. impeachment ; voted by the House, i j "In Joint session of the two, houses the electoral vote for President and Vice-President Vice-President was canvassed, and the official offi-cial announcement made of the election of Roosevelt and Fairbanks. . A revision of the Philippine tariff has progressed nearly to completion without with-out Indication of defeat, and an act has been signedlntended to dcyelop the resources re-sources of. those Islands by guaranteeing, guarantee-ing, interest on capital Invested In railroad rail-road touitdlng and authorising the Issuance Issu-ance of boads for municipal improvements, improve-ments, schools and roads. The laws for Alaska have been codified, an additional district Judge authorised, and the revenues reve-nues from the liquor-traffic In that territory ter-ritory diverted to theupport of schools, the building of roads and the care of the Insane. i Legislation for tka government of the Panama canal son and regulations for the construction of the canal has been passed- by both houses, but difficulties remainto ba adjusted in conferences. " Two new battleships were provided for by Congress In the naval appropriation appropria-tion bill. . The trademark laws have been revised re-vised and an International copyright act passed. Jurisdiction of the forest reserve has been transferred from the Interior to the Agricultural department. Authority to make arrests in forest reserves re-serves has been granted employees, as a measure of further protection. President Presi-dent Roosevelt has been authorized to :set apart a portion tot the Wichita for-,eat for-,eat reserve as a breeding; place for gam animals and birds. . . By resolution of . the House, the Department De-partment of Commerce and Labor has begun an Investigation of the oil trust. The Importation of obscene matter has been prohibited. As a further aid In the enforcement of the Immigration laws foreign ships entertaing U. S. ports are required to furnish complete passenger lists. Captured Confederate flags in possession posses-sion of .the War department were ordered or-dered returned to the proper regiment carrying the colors. The American National Red Cross so-' ciety was Incorporated, as was the trustees of the grand encampment of Knights- Templar, of the United States. Statehood bills have passed both houses and are in conference Both measures contain prevision for the admission ad-mission of Oklahoma .and the Indian Territory as one 8tate. TJie foundation far railroad legislation legisla-tion has been laid by the passage of a bill through the House after healings, and the beginning of an inquiry by tha Senate, whjch Is to be conducted during the recesa. . ' " A halt has been called In the extravagance extrava-gance with which public documents have been printed. ' - Th President was authorised to grant medals for heroism In the saving of life In' train wrecks.' ' The extradition laws of the U. S. were extended to the Philippines. Thee Stat of Arkansas was ceded a strip of land from th Indian Territory. A portion of the Round Valley Indian reservation In California was opened to settlement Settlers Jo the Rosebud reservation were given Additional time to establish citizenship. The unallotted lands of the .Yakima reservation in Washington' were ordered disposed of. Twenty-eight of the. publlo acts are authorities to build bridge or dam navigable nav-igable streams; twenty-three relate to the District of Columbia, and four to the Judiciary. . |