Pennsylvania Legislation on Insolvent Corporations and Writs
The bill outlines salary details for Samuel BR Bochtell as inspector and examiner of soldiers' orphan schools from June 1, 1879, to June 1, 1880, to authorize fines for tax payment by insolvent and liquidating corporations. It covers writs of fieri facias, jury inquests on real estate levied by writs, and a recommitment on tests for defendants in criminal cases. House measures include mortgage satisfaction, mine health provisions, and eligibility of judges and clerks for elections. A proposed amendment redefines coal inspection districts, and liens on corporate earnings are introduced for employee wages. The joint convention convened for the U S Senate ballot: Oliver 85, Wallace 86, Growah MacVeigh 3, Agnew 15, Cartin 1, Hewit 4, Baird 1, Snowden 1. total 239, need 120 to win.
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Campbell
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Wallace
Growah MacVeigh
Agnew
Cartin
Hewit
Baird
Snowden
Endgame for Congress Narrowing Here in 1882
Washington dispatches outline dwindling days for the Sixteenth Congress with only 33 working days left. Key measures include the post office and general appropriation bills, tariff and interstate commerce efforts, and a reapportionment push. Committee plans target pension safeguards and a likely refunding bill, while defense for coalition and electoral vote counts loom large.
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United States Senate
Pension claims bill cost and fraud concerns rise in Congress
The Commissioner of Pensions estimates total U S pension payments from unsettled claims will reach 521 million dollars, with fraud suspected in already paid cases. In Senate and House discussions, votes on electoral counting and telegraphic posting proposals clash as lawmakers grapple with appropriations and procedural tactics.
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Commissioner of Pensions
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State Committee
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Anuch
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Pension Office
Washington
Senate
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Whyte
Congressional calendar looms large with pending bills
The body contemplates a conference committee for measures likely to pass. A list of House calendar titles approved by committees would span four or five columns. The calendar captains nearly a hundred pages, and the volume will not shrink much by Congress end.
Sherman on funding bill in Senate Finance hearing
January 25 Sherman told the Senate Finance Committee that the funding bonds should mature in twenty years from issue with five year redemption, bearing interest not above three and a half percent fixed by the Treasury Secretary. He favored Treasury funding certificates floated at three percent interest and redeemable at any time after one year.
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Petition for Indian rights signed by leading figures
In Washington on January 27, Dawes presented a petition signed by John Welsh Bishop Simpson Rev. Joseph Cook Wendell Phillips and thirty-two thousand others plus churches and benevolent groups representing over fifty thousand citizens. The package with the Indian Treaty Keeping Association letter was referred to the Committee on Indian Affairs at the Vice President's table.
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Indian Treaty Keeping Association
Philadelphia
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Contested Yeates vs Martin Election Debate in House
Mr Speer supports Yeates in the contest over Yeates versus Martin as the House examines a question of privilege related to presidential election procedures. The debate features Keifer for Martin and警警 warnings to the Democratic party, with tensions rising over disputed political practices.
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Legislature Balloting For Senator Ends In Adjournment
In Harrisburg the joint assembly resumed balloting for United States Senator. Votes shifted as Stewart backed Allison while others supported Oliver Wallace Grow and others. A motion to adjourn was debated with high turnout of yeas and nays. a 100-ballot-per-day measure was proposed before the Assembly adjourned.
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Hewitt
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Snowden
Agnew
Curtin
Byerly
Lycoming
Courtney
Gilfillan
Chadwick and
Garret
Delaware
McKnight
Senate reports favor bills in Harriscure session
In Harriscure on January 26 the Senate favorably reported bills granting power to Councils to redeem bonds and issue new ones, amending militia law for yearly enrollments, and barring acceptance of bills of exchange unless in writing. Also introduced are penalties for minors misrepresenting age to obtain alcohol, and a bill to prohibit killing wild pigeons near roosts within one mile to aid justice administration in separate single judiciary districts.
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Balloting Continuity Marks U.S. Senatorial Session
In Harrissure on January 27 joint House and Senate balloted for the United States Senator. Oliver leads with 82 votes, Wallace 83, Grow 53, Phillips 2, Agnew 0, others minimal. Total voters 229. adjournment follows with remarks on apportionment and a ceremonial reception by Governor and Mrs Hoyt.
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Iowa Senate Bills Favor Monument Erection and Assessments
Iowa Senate favors appropriations of $3,000 for monument erection. The report mentions General Simon Szyde and assessment laws affecting Dauphin Indiana and related entities, indicating legislative action on honoring a military figure and related fiscal matters.
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Dauphin
Indiana
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