Resolved, That until congress shall at this ses
i sion determine the questions involved in the
claims of the company, the secretary of the in
terior suspend all action as to the issuing of cer-
I tifleates or patents for lauds.
Placed oh the calender.
House —Mr. Hunt introduced a joint
; resolution for the immediate appropria
| tion of $,1,000,000, in accordance with
the urgent requestof the Mississippi Riv
er Commission. Referred.
Mr. Ringham. from the Committee on
Post Offices and Post Roads, reported
back the resolution calling upon the
Secretary of the Interior to report to the
House whether any railroad company,
aided by the Government, granted, or
attempted to grant, any other corpora
tion or telegraph company any right to
operate lines of telegraph belonging to
said railroad company, so as to prevent
the company from performing its duty
to the Government aud the public.
Adopted.
Mr. Monty, from the same committee,
reported back the resolution calling upon
the Postmaster General for information
whether a British spy named O'Brien
was allowed to tamper with American
mails in New York. Adopted.
The following bills were introduced
and referred:
By Mr. Dorsheimcr—Abolishing the
duties ou lumber, timber and other
products of the forest.
By Mr. Beach—Proposing the follow
ing amendments to the Constitution:
1. Uniform laws on the subject of
marriage and divorce.
2. Giving the president power to veto
one or more items of an appropriation
bill.
3. Creating a statute of limitations of
all claims against the United States.
4. The credit, money and property of
the United States not to be loaned or
given to private corporations.
5. Prohibiting the granting of exclus
ive priviliges. aud forbidding the attach
ing of legislative measures on appropria
tion bills.
