2052 CONGRESSIONA.L RECORD-SENATE. MARoH ' 27, (illinois) Courier, for the abolition of the duty on type-to the same lief of Alexander McDonald who purchased eight hundred and seven­ committee. ty-two acres of land fr9m the Leavenworth, Lawrence and Galveston By Mr. MORSE: The petition of citizens of Boston, Massachusetts, Railway Company, and from the Missouri, Kansas, and Texas Rail­ against any tax upon incomes-to the same committee. way Company, bein~ a part of.the Osage ceded tract, so that the same By Mr. NEAL: The petition of T. M. Cherry and 50 other citizens may be granted to hnn; which was referred to the Committee on Pri­ of Hocking County, Ohio, against any change in the tariff-to the vate Land Claims. same committee. lli. WITHERS. I present a joint resolution of the General Assem­ By Mr. O'NEILL: Memorial of the Philadelphia Board of Trade, bly of Virginia, requesting certain Congressional action upon the for the adoption of certain amendments to the bankrupt law, mak­ award of the commi&sioners for settling the boundary line between ing it uniform, decreasing expenses, &c-to the Committee on the Virginia and Maryland. As the Legislature of Maryland has not yet Judiciary. acted upon that matter, I move that for the present the resolution lie By l\Ir. PUGH: Resolutions of the Board of Freeholders of Hudson upon the table. County, New Jersey, in favor of making Jersey City a port of entry­ The motion was agreed to. to the Committee on Commerce. Mr. CAMERON, of Pennsylvania, presented a petition of the Board By Mr. SAYLER: The petition of Allison, Smith & Johnson and of Trade of the city of Philadelphia, praying for the adoption of cer­ other printers, stereotypers, and others of Cincinnati, Ohio, in regard tain amendments therein mentioned to the bankrupt laws; which to the duty on type and stereotype or electrotype plates-to the Com­ was ordered to lie on the table. mittee of Ways and Means. Mr. HAMLIN presented the memorial of S. J. Abbott and others, By Mr. SINGLETON: The petition of John A. Park, for a pension citizens of Waterville, Maine, remonstrating against tn.e passage of and land warrant-to the Committee on Invalid Pensions. any act imposing a tax on incomes; which was referred to the Com­ Also, the petition of Purifay Tingle, for compensation for stores mittee on Finance. taken by the United States Army-to the Committee on War Claims. Mr. BECK presented the memorial of John W. Story and others, By Mr. STARIN: Tho petition of John W. Thompson and others citizens Iii Louisville, Kentucky, remonstrating ·against the passage of of Ballston Spa, New York, and of N. M. Estabrook and others of the any act imposing a tax on incomes ; which was referred to the Com­ same place, for the repeal of the bankrupt law-to the Committee on mittee on Finance. the Judiciary. Mr. THURM.AN presented the petition of George R. Herrick, of By Mr. STEPHENS, of Georgia: Memorial of the Cott.on Exchange the District of Columbia, praying to be reimbursed a certain amount of Augusta, Georgia, in favor of the Texas and Pacific Railroad bill of money paid by him under an 0rder of the bo::trd of police com­ introduced in the House by l'tlr. STEPHENS, of Georgia-to the Com­ missioners on account of the robbery of his office safe while he was mittee on the Pacific Railroad. property clerk of the Metropolitan police of the District of Colum­ Also, memorial of Professor L. H. Charbonnier, of the Georgia State bia; which was referred to the Committee on Claims. University, in the behalf of Athens, Georgia, as a proper place for the Mr. CONKLING. I present the memorial of Archibald Turner & location of a branch mint of the United States-to the Commitiee Co., Jacob Lorillard, Isaac Bell, and a large number of other promi­ on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. nent merchants, bankers, and ship-owners in the city of New York, By Mr. YOUNG: The petition of J. C. Johnson and others, of Mem­ remonstrating against the proposed change of the life-saving service phis, Tennessee, and of James N. "Falls, administrator, &c., for the from the Treasury to the Navy Department. I move that this me­ refunding of taxes collected from them on rope and bagging-to the morial lie upon the table. Committee of Claims. · The motion was agreed to. Also, the petitions of F. M. Mendenhall and of James R. Wray, for Mr. CONKLING presented the petition of William F. Rogers and compensation for property taken by the United Sta~es Army-to the others, citizens of the city of New York, engaged in the business of Committee on War Claims. printing, remonstrating against the removal by Congress of duties on foreign imports; which was referred to the Committee on Finance. l'tlr. CONKLING. I present also a memorial signed by a large num­ berof active business men of New York, remonstrating, for very abun­ dant reasons, as I think, against the reimposition of the income tax. I move the reference of this memorial to the Committee on Finance. IN SENATE. The motion was agreed to. WEDNESDAY, March 27, 1878. REPORTS OF COMMITTEES. Prayer by the Chaplain, Rev. BYRON SUNDERLAND, D. D. Mr. HARRIS, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was referred The Journal of yesterday's proceedings was read ancl approved. the bill (S. No. 342) for the relief of Henrietta Groesbeck, reported it L~TERMENT 0~' HON. J, E. LEONARD. without amendment, and submitted a report thereon; which was or­ dered to be printed. The VICE-PRESIDENT. Under the provisions of the concurrent He also, from the same committee, to whom was referred the bill resolution of the Honse of Representatives relating to the subject, (S. No. 471) for the relief of M. S. Draughn, reported it without the Chair appoints Messrs. EUSTIS~ SA~DERS, and CONOVER as the amendment, and submitted a report thereon; which was ordered to committee on the part of the Senate to meet tho body of Hon. Jo~ EDWARDS LEONARD, late a Representative from the State of Louisi­ be printed. l'tlr. COCKRELL, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was ana, upon its arrival at New York, and escort it to the place of inter­ referred the bill (H. R. No. 1224) for the relief of Will R. Hervey, re­ ment at West Chester, Pennsylvania. ported it without amendment, and submitted a report thereon; which PETITIONS AND ?.IEMORIALS. was ordered to be printed. Mr. FERRY presented a memorial of M. M. Locke and others, citi­ lli. MORGAN, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was referred zens of Michigan, merchants, fishermen, &c., remonstrating against the bill (S. No. 378) for the relief of William L. Hickam, of Missouri, the proposed transfer of the life-saving sP-rvice from the Treasury to reported it with amendments, and submitted a report thereon; which the Navy Department; which was ordered to lie on the table. was ordered to be printed. Mr. HOAR presented the memorial of James William and others, Mr. HEREFORD, from the Committee on Claims, to whom wa.s re­ of Massachusetts; and the memorial of Edward Lawrence and others, ferred tho petition of William L. Adams, late collector of customs at of Boston, remonstrating against the passage of any aet imposing a Astoria, Oregon, praying to be relieved from all liability on account tax on incomes; which were referred to the Committee op Finance. of money stolen from him while being transported to San Francisco; Mr. HOAR. I present the memorial of Alexander H. Rice, gov­ submitted a. report thereon, accompanied by a bill (S. N0. 997) for the ~rnor, the lieutenant-governor, all the members of the executive relief of William L. Adams. council, and the secretary of State of the Commonwealth of Massa­ The bill was read twice by its title, and the report was ordered to chusetts, expressing t.heir opinion that the efficiency of the life-saving be printed. service will be greater if left with the Revenue-Marine Bureau than Mr. MITCHELL, from the Committee on Claims, to whom was if the same be transferred to the Navy Department, and they most referred the petition of George R. Dennis, of Maryland, praying com­ respectfully recommend that such transfer should not be made. I pensation for damages to his schooner, William J. Dennis, alleged to move that the memorial lie upon the table. have been caused by her being run into and sunk by the Government The motion was agreed to. steamer General Meigs. submitted a report thereon, accompanied by Mr. MATTHEWS. I present the memorial of Wilcox Brothers and a bill (S. No. 998) for the relief of George R. Dennis, of Mary1and. others, vessel-owners, masters, and agents, of the city of Toledo, Ohio, The bill was read twice by its title, and the report was ordered to respectfully aml earnestly remoustrating against the passage of the be printed. bill to transfer the life-saving and coast-guard service from the Treas­ He also, from the same committee, to whom was referred the peti­ ury to the Navy Department, and stating that in their opinion the tion of Mrs. Eliza E. Hebert, of Louisiana, praying compensation for life-saving service under its present administration has given satis­ commissary and quartermaster stores alle~ed to have been taken by factory proof of efficient management, and any interference, as con­ order of Brigadier-General Halbert E. Pame in 1863, submitted are­ temp1ated, they regard as dangerous, wild, and speculative.