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Show FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS. The House. Washington, March 2. Morrell, of Kansas, Kan-sas, from the Committee on Invalid Pensions, Pen-sions, reported a bill extending until July 1st, 1888, the time within which applications for arrears of pensions may be filed ; extending extend-ing the provisions of the Arrears act to special pensioners, and providing that in applications ap-plications for pensions the persons on whose account the pension is claimed shall be pre-. mmed facie to be sound and free of disease at the date of entering the service. Com mittee of Whole. Belmont, from the Committee on Foreign Affairs, reported the Consular and Diplomatic Diplo-matic appropriation bill. Referred to the j Committee of the Whole. i The Speaker laid before the House the j response of the Secretary of the Treasury to the Bland resolution, calling for information informa-tion concerning the circulation of standard silver dollars, and the polioy to be pursued as to the payment of silver. Referred to the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures. |