•. 1874. CONGRESSIONAL RECORD. 4935 ment of international difficulties by arbitration, to the Committee on He also presented a memorial of bankers, merchants, and business :Foreign Affairs. men of the city of New York protesting against the passage of tho A.lao, the petition of H. J. Clark an~ 214 other citize~ o! Pola~d, twenty-ninth section of the tariff and tax bill, which imposes a tax Mahoning County, Ohio, for the appomtment of a commission of In­ of n of 1 per cent. on all saJ.es of stocks, bonds, gold and silver bul­ quiry into the alcoholic liquor traffic, to the Committee on the Judi­ lion, coin, and other securities; which was referred to the Committee ciary. on Finance. ., He also presented a memorial of citizens of Rochester, Monroe County, New York, protesting against the passage of a law permit­ ting growers of leaf-tobacco to sell $100 worth of their crop at retail IN SENATE. to consumers without license or tax; which was referred to the Com­ mittee on Finance. SATURDAY, June 13, 1874. WITHDRAWAL OF PAPERS. The Senate met at twelve o'clook m. On motion of }.Ir. CONKLING, it wa..s Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. BYRox SUNDERLAND, D. D. Ordered, That Emily Agnel ha.>e leave to withdraw her petition and papers The J omnal of yesterday's proceedings was read. from the files of the Senate. The PRESIDENT pro tttntpqre. There is one omission in the Journal INSil"E CONVICTS. which will be corrected. The last motion made was by the Senator Mr. FRELINGHUYSEN. I am directed by the Committee on the from Rhode Island [Mr. SPRAGUE] to postpone the considera.tion of Judiciary, to whom was referred the, bill (H. R. No. 3415) to provide for the post-office appropriation bill and proceed to the c?nsidemtion of the care and. custody of persons convicted in the courts of the United bills reported by the Military -Committee. That motion was agreed States who have or may become insane while imprisoned, to report it to. The Secretary understood it to be only .an asking of. unanimous back with amendments, and I ask that it may be passed now. It will consent which never goes on the record, but 1t wa-s a motion made by take but a moment. the Sen~tor from Rhoue Island, and carried. This correction will be By unanimous consent the bill was considered as in Committee of made. the Whole. HOUSE BILLS REFERRED. The first section provides that upon the application of the Attorney­ Tho bill (H. R. No. 3673) making an additional appropriation to General the Secretary of the Interior shall transfer to the insane asy­ enable the Secretary of \Var to carry out the provisions of the act of lum in the District of Columbia all persons who ha-ve been or shall .April 23, 1874, entitled "An act to provide f?r .th~ r~li~f of persons be convicted of any offense in any court of the United States, and im­ suffering from the overflow of the Lower MlBSisstppl R1ver, and for prisoned in any State prison or penitentiary of any Sta.te or Territory, other purposes," was read twice by its title, and, on motion of Mr. and who, durin~ the term of their imprisonment, have or shall become WEST, referred to the Committee on Appropriations. and be insane, m case sa.tisfactory arrangements for their care and custody shall not be made by the Attorney-General under other pro­ PACIFIC RAILROAD CO:\fi>A.l\"'ES. visions of the act. Mr. WRIGHT. I ask, subject to the disposition of morning busi­ Section 2 provides that in all cases where any person convicted in ness, that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the bill (H_. R. a court of the United States shall, while imprisone(l under such con­ No. 3282) providing for the collection of moneys due the Umted viction in any State prison or penitentiary, become and be insane, States from the Pacific Railroad Companies, reported from the Com­ the Attorney-General shall have power in his discretion to contract mittee on the Judiciary. with any State insane or l'nnatic asylum within the State in which The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Senator from Iowa asks that, such convict is imprisoned for his care and custody while remaining subject to the transaction of morning business, there shall be an so ,insane; and in all cases where such convicts shall have heretofore understanding that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the been, or shall hereafter be, tranl:!ferred to a State asylum for insane bill indicated by him. convicts in accordance with the 11.ws of such State, the Attorney­ Mr. SARGENT. Is that-the House bill! General is directed to compensate the asylum or the proper author­ \ 1\Ir. WRIGHT. The House bill. ities controlling it for the care and custody of such insane -convicts, ~ Mr. SARGENT. Without amendment! until their removal or discharge, in such amounts as he shall deem .1\Ir. WRIGHT. It is amended by the committee. jllilt and reasonable. Mr. SARGENT. I do not object. I think it ought to pass. By the thiru section whene\er such insane convict shall be restored Mr. 'VRIGHT. It is in reference to the 5 per cent. to sanity, after he or she shall have been transferred under the pro­ The PRESIDENT pro tempore. The Chair hears no objection. visions of the act, he or she shall be returned to the prison or peni­ Mr. TIPTON. I understood there was an objection on the other tentiary from which the transfer was made, provided the term of side, or I was ready to object. imprisonment shall not have expired. The questions of sanity in all The PRESIDENT pro tempore. Does the Senator from Nebraska cases arising ll'llder the act are to be determined in accordance with object.! the rules and regulations of existing laws, State or national, on that Mr. TIPTON. I do. subject, applicable to the prison, penitentiary, or asylum where such Mr. EDMUNDS. Then we give notice that when resolutions are convict shall be confined. through we shall move to take up the bill. · The first amendment reported by the Committee on the Judiciary was to strike out in section 1, commencing in line 10, the words " in TERRITORIAL LAWS. case satisfactory arrangements for their care and custody shall not Tho PRESIDENT 'ro tentpore presented two copies of the general be made by said Attorney-General under other provisions of this act." laws, private acts, jomt resolutions, and memorials passed at the tenth The amendment was agreed to. session of the Legislative Assembly of the Territory of Colorado; The next amendment was in section 2, line 4, after the word "in­ which were referred to the Committee on Territories. sane," to insert: PETITIOXS AND ME)!ORIALS. .A.nd there shall not be accommodation for such insane person at the insane a.sy­ lum of the District of Columbia, or if for other reasons the A ttomey-General is of Mr. WASHBURN presented a petition of a large number of promi­ opinion that such insane person should be placed at a State insane asylum rather nent citizetl.s of New Bedforcl, Ma-ssachusetts, asking that an arrange­ than at said District asylum, then. ment may be made for the improvement of the harbor at that place, and the maintenance of a fog-signal at the en trance of Buzzard's Bay ; The amendment wa..s agreed to. which was ordered to lie on the table, the river and harbor bill·having The next amendment was to add at the end of section 2 the follow­ been reported by the.Committee on Commerce. ing words: But no contract shall be made or compensation paid for the care of such insane :Mr. FRELINGHUYSENpresented !l>memoria.lof bankers, manufac­ persons beyond their respective terms of imprisonment. turers, and rmporters, citizens of Newark, New Jersey, protesting ag~inst a tax on sales of stocks, co:n, bonds, and other securities; The amendment was agreed to. which was referred to the Committee on Finance. The bill was reported to the Senate as amended, and the amend­ ~Ir. WRIGHT presented the petition of Louis Sterne, of Boston, ments were concurred in. Ma sachusetts, asking compensation for his losses and services in con­ The amendments were ordered to be engrossed and the bill to be nection with the collection of the internal revenue and the legislation read a third time. in relation thereto; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. 'fhe bill was read the third time, and pa..ssed. Mr. MERRI1\10N presented a memorial of citizens of Durham, CHANGE OF NAME AND LOCATION OF A BA..l.~K. Orange County, North Carolina, prot-esting against the passage of a law permitting growers of leaf-tobacco to sell $100 worth of their crop 1\!r. SCOTT. I am instructed by the Committee on Finance, to at retail to consumers without license or~tax; which was referred to whom was referred the bill (8. No. 930) to authorize the Farmers' the Committee on Finance. National Bank of Greensburgh, Pennsylvania, to change its location .1\Ir. CONKLING presented a memorial from banks, bankers, and and name, to report the same back without amendment and recom­ other business men of the city of Syracuse, New Yoxk, protesting mend its passago. It is a very brief bill, and I ask for its present against the passage of the twenty-ninth section of the tariff and tax consideration.